yes...i've had 'issues'

with the IRS.

many, if not most of the taxpaying, hard working, citizens of these united states do have issues with them at one time or another during their lifetime.

now i know, understand and agree that there must be a tax system in place to pay for such things as fire and police services, public education etc.

my beef is that it seems that "they" have gotten out of control...what was intended to be a "government of the people, by the people, for the people" has, in the last few presidential administrations slid down the slippery slope of becoming a dictatorship and we're but a few small steps away from being one. at the moment, we are living in a police state, whether you like it or not and whether you realize it or not and whether you care or not.

think about it...every law passed at any level is designed to PUNISH or penalize a potential violator. and we, the taxpayer, pay men with guns to enforce those laws. those men have sworn they will KILL you if need be to enforce some petty, obscure, law that should never have existed in the first place. i shutter to think of the number of persons who have unjustly died from the bullets from police that at the end of the day will stand in front of a podium and solemnly swear that it was necessary after all...we cannot allow jaywalker to go unpunished...

anyway...i recently became aware of just how viscous, nasty, vile and downright evil some of our governmental entities are; namely the IRS. they have absolute, unrestrained power over you whether or not you know it.

they've been given the power, by our congress, by men like Charles Rangle, writing our tax "rules" to circumvent YOUR constitutional rights. they've twisted and distorted "due process" into to something sick and perverted.

you think I'm kidding? let's say, as an example, you may have been forced to make life altering decisions by this horrible economy, to make financial changes that are far, far, from normal just to survive...just to keep from becoming homeless and bankrupt and broke.

say you made the decision to withdraw from an IRA in order to pay off the home you live in because that IRA was dangerously nosediving right into the "ZERO" balance in the balance column. that IRA and your social security are/were your ONLY sources of income.

suddenly you find social security as being your ONLY source of income. now your creditors are coming down on you because you're no longer able to make payments. the amount of TAXES wit held from the withdrawal were obscene to begin with (well into the mid-five figures) and then you find that you still owe into the five figures more...keep in mind...you have only the meager $1500.00 a month benefit from social security that you worked for over 40 years and paid into, BY LAW, as your SOLE source of income now.

but...you do own the house you live in, right? WRONG!!!! the IRS puts a lien on it for what you owe them...in fact the lien says "ALL of your property", quote, unquote.

you present all the facts, figures and documentation to support your position and their reply is: "We have to protect the interest of the US government to insure we can collect what you owe."

that, to me, is a serious flaw in our system...to allow ANYONE to be able to render you homeless just to pay a meager tax bill that should not exist in the first place. especially in view of the hard economic times we live in.

have you ever been to an IRS office? it is an eye-opening experience. at least it was to me. we recently went to the Palm Springs, California office.

i would say it's much like a penal institution or possibly a morgue in the feeling and appearance when you enter.

the personnel have no personality and the surroundings are stark and bleak. there is NOTHING pleasant about the office or the people who work there.

the woman who waited on us was without feature, no personality at all...not polite, not rude...simply "Do you have a tax payment to make and do you have a voucher?"

upon presentation of the cashiers check for the amount owed, there was no response. when asked for a receipt we were informed that "I will make you a copy of the check. your canceled check is your receipt."

i am astonished that the American voter allows institutions like the IRS to exist. they are one of the banes of our civilization and should be eradicated, without mercy, just as they treat the citizens they are supposed to be "serving" are being treated.

these institutions are a threat to our very existence and should be dealt with accordingly.

the best way to deal with them is to vote out those who allow them to continue to be so powerful and to establish a FAIR taxation system. as examples: why should some one over the age of 65 who is retired and has an income of less than $40,000 per year have to pay any taxes at all???? that's very near poverty level by governmental standards. if they do have to pay taxes they should pay no more than 0.5% in ANY taxes at ANY level.

no honest, hard working taxpayer should pay any more than 10% NO MATTER THEIR INCOME!!!!!

wake up America! our biggest enemies are our elected officials! get them back under control!