The state I live in, Colorado, has been hit with a group of thieves who call people up, claim they are with the IRS, and proceed to terrify, threaten, and "persuade" them to purchase prepaid cards for owed back taxes. If they are speaking to the victim on a cell phone, they stay on the line with them, demand they speak to no one, and track their movement as they instruct them. Once the purchase of the card is made, they tell the victim to provide the PIN numbers and then make off with whatever amount they have indicated the victim owes before they even hang up the phone. By a stroke of luck, they targeted a news anchor here in the Denver area recently and it made the news!
So I'm thinking, what would persuade someone to believe the IRS would conduct business in this way? And it suddenly hits me! I realize it just might have a lot to do with the IRS targeted attacks against conservative organizations - particularly the Tea Party groups. If an allegedly non-partisan organization, as the IRS is *supposed* to be, can target American citizen simply based on their political beliefs, what else can they get away with under the direction of our current government?
Isn't this a fear tactic to silence opposition? It sure seems that way to me. And I suspect some people did back off being so vocal about their conservative positions.
Might the IRS be able to put you in jail as they speak to you on the phone without trial or representation?
Might we become a police state in which such tactics as those used in Nazi Germany or Cuba are used to control the general population?
Extreme examples? Maybe. But then again, maybe not. Do you think the Germans knew what was coming in the beginning when things just seemed to be getting better for them in their daily lives? I know they did not - from first hand discussions and reading stories about it.
I see and hear so much trickling of truth blended in with the lies of our government leaders. If you don't stop and listen, read, study, investigate and stop thinking one side or the other is the bad guy, you just might start to see the truth. And believe me, there are bad guys - really bad guys who love power far more than they love our country - on both sides of the aisle.
We must take back our power. We must heed the warnings of our forefathers who had endured such over-reach with the British monarchy. We must save ourselves because far too many Americans sit listlessly in front of their mainstream news programs, read their newspapers or on-line news that adhere to their party lines and never look beyond to discover the truth in it all. The waters are muddy on both sides. Wade to the middle enough to see what is truth and what is deceit. This doesn't mean to become a moderate on either side - just wade in far enough to see things with a clear, unaffiliated eye. You may be surprised what you find.
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