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Abolish the IRS (and the Income Tax With It)

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Abolish the IRS (and the Income Tax With It) No dissenter can ever rest assured he is safe from the arbitrary power of the IRS. Sheldon Richman | May 19, 2013 The Internal Revenue Service has been caught engaging in political profiling while processing applications for tax-exempt status. In this [...]
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Internal Revenue Service asked tea party groups to see donor rolls ,Facebook posts ,what books people were reading.

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Internal Revenue Service asked tea party groups to see donor rolls ,Facebook posts ,what books people were reading. The IRS wants YOU — to share everything By DAVID NATHER, TARINI PARTI and BYRON TAU | 5/14/13 7:36 PM EDT Updated: 5/15/13 10:27 AM EDT The Internal Revenue Service asked tea party [...]
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Media coalition letter of protest to Attorney General Eric Holder

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Media coalition letter of protest to Attorney General Eric Holder Letter from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to Attorney General Eric Holder, protesting the Justice Department’s subpoena of Associated Press phone [...]
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“Common Core” panel discussion at Larkin House Wyckoff

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“Common Core” panel discussion at Larkin House Wyckoff West Bergen Tea Party “Proud To Be An American” presents a panel discussion Common Core Centrally controlled curriculum tonight at for all k-12 subjects already adopted in New Jersey Join us 7 pm, Tuesday, May 14 at the Larkin House 380 Godwin [...]
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Govt obtains wide AP phone records in probe

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Govt obtains wide AP phone records in probe By MARK SHERMAN May. 13 4:47 PM EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative’s top executive called a “massive and [...]
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Reader Comments : “IRS apologizes for targeting tea party groups”

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Reader Comments : “IRS apologizes for targeting tea party groups” It is telling that the IRS thoughtlessly let the cat out of the bag that they used words like “tea party” and “patriot” in the titles of organizations as triggers for increased scrutiny (read: audit) when determining whether they [...]
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Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform

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Biometric Database of All Adult Americans Hidden in Immigration Reform By David Kravets 05.10.13 6:30 AM The immigration reform measure the Senate began debating yesterday would create a national biometric database of virtually every adult in the U.S., in what privacy groups fear could be the [...]
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IRS apologizes for targeting tea party groups

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the new facism ? Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington IRS apologizes for targeting tea party groups By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER — May. 10 6:14 PM EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service apologized Friday for what it acknowledged [...]
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Obamanomics : Wealth Gap Among Races Has Widened Since Recession

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Obamanomics : Wealth Gap Among Races Has Widened Since Recession By ANNIE LOWREY Published: April 28, 2013 WASHINGTON — Millions of Americans suffered a loss of wealth during the recession and the sluggish recovery that followed. But the last half-decade has proved far worse for black and Hispanic [...]
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Obamacare Poll Finds 42% of Americans Unaware It’s Law

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Obamacare Poll Finds 42% of Americans Unaware It’s Law Apr 30, 2013 4:03pm A new poll finds that many Americans are confused about the health care overhaul legislation commonly called “Obamacare.” The Kaiser Family Foundation released results of a non-partisan study today finding more than 40 [...]
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Americans fear government more than terror

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Americans fear government more than terror Astonishing poll results for 1st time since 9/11 hijackings According to a pair of recent polls, for the first time since the 9/11 terrorist hijackings, Americans are more fearful their government will abuse constitutional liberties than fail to keep its [...]
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Bloomberg Says Interpretation of Constitution Will ‘Have to Change’ After Boston Bombing

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Bloomberg Says Interpretation of Constitution Will ‘Have to Change’ After Boston Bombing By Jill Colvin 4/22 12:24pm n the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday the country’s interpretation of the Constitution will “have to change” to allow for greater security [...]
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Feds’ 2013 tax haul will be biggest ever

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Feds’ 2013 tax haul will be biggest ever By Bernie Becker – 04/15/13 08:16 PM ET The federal government is projected to collect more revenue in 2013 than ever before, a statistic Republicans are touting to make the case that the government has a spending problem, not a taxing one. Top GOP [...]
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Medicare hike could also hit some in middle class

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Medicare hike could also hit some in middle class 401(k) income could boost Medicare premiums for middle class penalized for prudence, dinged for saving diligently By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired as a city worker, Sheila Pugach lives in a modest home on a [...]
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IRS denies using emails to target taxpayers

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IRS denies using emails to target taxpayers Published April 12, 2013 FoxNews.com With less than three days to go before federal taxes are due, the Internal Revenue Service is denying claims that it wants to snoop on taxpayers by reading their emails and monitoring other forms of electronic [...]
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Obamacare architect Rockefeller: Law is ‘beyond comprehension’

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Obamacare architect Rockefeller: Law is ‘beyond comprehension’ April 9, 2013 | 5:27 pm West Virginia Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller, one of the towering architects of Obamacare, on Tuesday openly criticized program managers for not moving quickly enough to build the system, warning that if it [...]
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Obama budget looks to raid retirement accounts

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Obama budget looks to raid retirement accounts By Bernie Becker – 04/05/13 11:45 AM ET President Obama’s budget, to be released next week, will limit how much wealthy individuals – like Mitt Romney – can keep in IRAs and other retirement accounts. The proposal would save around $9 billion over a [...]
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