He’s not principled, and he’s not very smart, in my opinion. Frugal, independent living is the legal and moral way, but it requires self-discipline and hard work (examples, gardening, building one’s own heating system to cut heating costs). But the IRS still goes after those who do it the legal and moral way for some very interesting and wasteful cases (see law-abiding peasants resembling those in Monty Python shows in Tax and District courts).
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But the IRS still goes after those who do it the legal and moral way for some very interesting and wasteful cases (see law-abiding peasants resembling those in Monty Python shows in Tax and District courts).
Monty Python - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9Qo
Well, what can an honest person do about that? Nothing really, except to ensure any efforts directed toward harassing investigations, for that reason alone, are indeed costly and wasteful to the PTB by making sure you dot your i's and cross your t's, if you speak out. That shouldn't even be an issue for honest citizens like those who frequent FR, or belong to the TEA parties.
I see one huge advantage over what we've seen coming from these tyrants. That advantage is for the most part, those citizens targeted, are honest, upright, hard working, charitable, respectful, kind, considerate, and last but certainly not least, follow the letter of the law.
Can you say that about those now in government????
Our fault is we do have our limits. Just ask those who've attacked us in the past - foreign or domestic. In this case, the IRS has, or has been directed to attack a group of hard working, concerned, tax paying citizens with no regard to their financial well being or constitutional rights. Are they so stupid as to believe they can get away with that?
I don't think so. Graves around the world are filled with brave men and women who have given everything to protect those very rights now trampled.
On second thought, maybe having our limit isn't a fault. Maybe it's what makes the world a better place, eventually.