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Congress Wants To Seize Your Passport For Unpaid Taxes
Submitted by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com,
Sometimes you just have to stand in awe at the level of corruption and incompetence in government.
Case in point, the new highway bill in the Land of the Free. And, trust me, you’ll love this.
The latest version of the highway bill is called the “Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy Act.”
And yes, they abbreviate it as the DRIVE Act.
I cannot even begin to imagine how large the team of monkeys is that works on these silly acronyms. And as is typical for legislation, the more high sounding the name of the law, the more destructive its consequences.
On the surface, the DRIVE Act aims to fund the federal transportation network and investments in highway infrastructure for the next several years, as well as recapitalize the Highway Trust Fund.
Federal trust funds are supposed to responsibly and conservatively manage money that has been set aside for a specific purpose to benefit taxpayers.
There are so many of these trust funds. There are the big ones like Social Security’s “Old Age Survivor’s Insurance” and “Disability Insurance” (which is literally days away from running out of money).
And there are many more you’ve probably never heard about, like the “Black Lung” trust fund and the “Leaking Underground Storage Tank” trust fund.
Most of these funds are insolvent, or at least pitifully undercapitalized, clearly proving the government to be one of the worst asset managers in history.
The Highway Trust Fund is no exception: it has completely run out of money, and at this point literally has a ZERO account balance. The DRIVE Act intends to fix that.
And even though it has nothing to do with funding highways, the bill also aims to re-authorize the Export-Import Bank.
The Ex-Im Bank was created during the Great Depression and is designed to facilitate trade. That’s code for ‘boost the profits of Boeing and General Electric.’
Even the government’s own Congressional Research Service found that “more than 60% of Ex-Im Bank’s loan guarantees, by dollar value, supported the sale of Boeing airplanes in foreign countries”.
Ex-Im is essentially a gift on a golden platter from the taxpayers of the United States to a handful of mega-companies.
The Bank’s charter lapsed earlier this year. But rather than let it die, they’re jumpstarting Ex-Im with even more taxpayer money.
Clearly the government needs cash. They need to fund Ex-Im, the Highway Trust Fund, and all the improvements for America’s dilapidated infrastructure.
And their solutions to address this cash crunch are nothing short of remarkable.
For example, they plan to steal $300 million from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank trust fund (LUST… yes, that’s really what they call it), and transfer that money to the Highway Fund.
The only problem is that LUST is insolvent. So they’re stealing from one insolvent trust to fund another insolvent trust. It’s genius!
One of my favorite sections in the bill is a directive to sell off 100+ million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Only a politician could think to sell off oil supplies at a time when oil price is at multi-year lows.
(It also really gives you a sense of how broke the government really is that they’re driven raise cash by selling off strategic assets.)
Another gem buried in the 864 pages of the bill is a provision that allows the government to revoke your passport if they believe that you owe more than $50,000 in federal tax.
There will be no judicial review, and no due process. You don’t get to go in front of a judge first to have a fair and impartial hearing over whether or not the government’s tax allegations are accurate.
The language in the law is very clear: they can simply revoke your passport if you owe them money in their sole discretion.
Once the law is passed, this would go into effect on January 1, 2016, and they claim it will generate $40 million per year in tax revenue.
There was one more provision that proposed raising revenue from the biggest banks in America by reducing the dividend they receive from the Federal Reserve.
Curiously, though, this specific provision was defeated yesterday after a heated committee meeting in Congress.
So while the banks’ profits are off-limits, and the government will spend billions of taxpayer dollars to boost profits at Boeing, American citizens are threatened with having their passports revoked in order to raise money.
It couldn’t be any more obvious how much the system is stacked against the little guy.
They treat you like a dairy cow that exists only to be milked dry… like a medieval serf tied to the land and forced to serve his overlords.
It’s revolting. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
You can take sensible, rational steps to divorce yourself from this madness, or at least have a Plan B to protect yourself from it.
If the government is threatening to take away your passport, for example, there are countless ways you can obtain another one from a country that will roll out the red carpet for you.
If you’re sick and tired of having your income confiscated so that you can bail out big companies, there are completely legal steps you can take to reduce what you owe.
It’s hard to imagine you’ll be worse off being more free and having more control over your life and finances.
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How is closing the borders going to help them establish tyranny?
Keeping me here isn't going to get me to cooperate, or offer assistance, or hand over anything I might have. It just...keeps me here. And gives TPTB one more to have to keep an eye on. And there are 350 million other 'me's' here as well.
So what? I have to be SOMEWHERE, here is as good as any other place, I suppose. Besides, I know the language, customs, and know how to get around. Being in a foreign land during unrest doesn't strike me as a smart move.
If that's their plan, I'd say they need to work on it some more before the roll-out.
You have ORGANS. They can sell those for money. That is not far off either.
Required organ donation WILL be part of mandatory participation in the US heatlhcare system of the future. They'll offer you a discount from an obscene rate, kind of like Neiman Marcus charging $10 for an oatmeal raisin cookie, but giving customers a 10% discount between 10AM-2PM. So it's a $9 cookie.
Dear Bemused - take a look at Democidal Authoritarian Regimes across ALL history ... first the borders are closed, then, target scapegoats are herded into enclaves ... then the doors are slammed shut and they burn the 'sanctuary' to the ground. Happened to over 250 million souls in the last 100 years alone.
Now, like a good Refusenik, you might offer your druthers or even draw a line in the sand to hold off the storm-troopers of "Love" ... but, you'll just end up with a bullet in the head for your intransigence as a 'message' to other would-be Refuseniks. No, you'll be told which line to stand in ... and, you'll stand there ... hoping you aren't singled out like the last Refusenik ... or, worse, reported by one of the Good German collaborators walking the lines to enforce 'pacification'.
The reality of the situation is rather dire. 'Real End of the World-type of thing' - to borrow a line from Mr. Murray.
Screw it, Ill just start walking everywhere. I am long time unemployed thanks to OblowMe and his criminal cohorts. Its not like I need to get anywhere in a hurry...
What about Sharton, Buffett and Soros??? I believe these guys owe millions.....Oh, and what about the thousands of IRS agents that owe back Taxes???
If it was a stand alone bill they would have named it the freedom of international travel act. Keep working slaves....Keep working. .gov is working hard to keep everyone divided....
how about Freezing the passports of all the TPP lawyers and any and any corporate yes Yes Men that have money to repatriate
blow me CONgress
Status of Jon Corzine's passport?
Sucks to be a taxpayer (a loosely defined legislative term). The people created the legislature. The created does not define the creator.
Not when the created starts to resemble a mutated, cancreous, pus filled growth inside of someones rectum...
Does this mean Sharpton has to stay in the US?
Yes, lock yourself into a cagefight with Americans,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b0gRzJbe8s
Great strategy
Strange movie, but *awesome* scene...
I hope they do it. I hope our paranoid owners do it all.
I hope they do it. I hope our paranoid owners do it all.
I think Buffet has an outstanding balance dispute
I want to seize taxes and unpay congress
Well, three steps left to go!
1) Require passports for domestic travel.
2) Raise taxes such that most will owe (Deflation would do it)
3) Make tax debts hereditary.
SERFDOM RESTORED!!!!
Someone call Hayek, and let him know he was vindicated.
Requring some form of ID for domestic travel is not far off, I am sure.
>>>Requring some form of ID for domestic travel is not far off, I am sure.
It's being implemented now. "Real ID"-compliant government ID is being mandated for domestic air travel; they're starting with a handful of states at a time (I recall Louisiana was in the first batch); if your own state-issued ID isn't Real ID compliant (and few are), you will in fact need a passport for domestic flights.
but surely not for voting
Only for important things that have meaning.
Oh yeah? The USSA Knesset can line up and kiss my ass in Macy's window - ISISrael ain't getting another dime off me.
WTC 7 re-investigation would lead to 911 reparations amounting to trillions of dollars, and a small country. This is the answer to the world's problems. Create a court and go for it. We have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Plea bargains await!
Once again USA proves that it is not that much different from China. Very scary and also an excellent sign for those that can, to leave. I fully expect that getting a passport even if one owes no taes is going to get harder, as more Americanos head for the exits.
Cowards leave, Stand and Fight! Americans dont stand for this shit and they stand up to protect others from this shit? WTF? There are only a few that are this fucked up in their thinking? If the American people went after the top 100 wealthiest people we would be all set? 100 people have almost half the wealth, so the answer is leave? Why not just box them out and or kick their ass instead? Doesnt sound like it would be much of a fight? Unless your a pussy?
If Americans go after the top 100, after all they are the reason we are here, then we are all set? 100 people ???? Im sure there would be a few exceptions, but most would fit the profile, even if they seem innocent. Are the American people fucking stupid? It would be easy to take back control of this country, incumbents have to go. We need to not stand for this and take control away. Its an easier and better solution to 300 million peoples problems. How do they really think they cant take complete control with so few? Apparently they arent that smart? They control everything including our gov.?
We need the states to start organizing against the Federal Government that is trying to over take the people? WE very simply need to fight back
No real American would down vote this? Whats the matter pussy dont dare to speak? Im laughing another down vote it must be the kids that want free speech to be band? Come on pussies say why?
Down Vote on this = DICKHEAD PUSSY! You are the reason we are in this situation, spineless pussies. Your really not American, cant be with that attitude. They would rather let a few of the Greedy rule the world? Pussies. Americans dont even understand what American Stands for? We stand for FREEDOM kids and when Freedom is oppressed we stand and fight! Thats what real Americans do.... for those of you who need a reference. Freedom comes before money in American, we seem to have forgotten this.
We shouldnt let those back in who run once the parasites are gone. We should start making all cash transactions. Its time to start fighting back, this is at least my 26th year of paying taxes....
hey -3 FUCK OFF YOU SPINELESS PUSSIES! Go run for MOMMY!
There was this nature film of elk running across the plains, being chased by mountain lion. It left a big impression on me to see thousands of elk running from one mountain lion. If they had just turned around and run towards the lion, instead of away from the lion, they wouldn't have had to run anymore.
Exactly! They could have run him over without thinking about it.
On the otherhand, consider federally subsidized weed.
It would be cheaper and healthier than paying the pharmaceutical cartel? WTF? If its really medicine how does that matter? Look past the decades of brain washing you have been receiving. Is it because we can cure with a plant that you seem to think its not worthy? A plant that is non-lethal? Come on? Although as long as it doesnt end up in Big Pharma or Big Brothers hands it would never need to be subsidised in the first place.
Thats the big thing is Big Pharma shouldnt be able to sell weed AT ALL! It needs to stay out of Big Pharma's hands which is what Hillary wants, she wants to hand it over to them. Not Good. If the government grows it, its guaranteed to be garbage. Not Good. Weed needs to be the peoples choice, and it needs to stay in the peoples hands. If it stays in the peoples hands there would be no need for subsidies at all. Its the only way. Not big bro's choice for us.
$50K is not much. Fees and penalties on just missing a year or two of IRS tributes, i mean protection money, i mean ransom,...also, in about 20 years that will be equivalent to $5 dollars today.
This is beyond fucked up.
No matter what they do, it will fail. They've already made it FUBAR just due to their utter corruption and absolute refusal to change their ways.
We pay them to sit around and figure out how to screw us? WTF is the matter with these people? WTF is the matter with US?
Yeah. Say what you will but this is one group of Federals I don't want to fuck with. They brought down Al Capone. And there's more IRS agents than FBI agents. FWIW.
Exactly we need to gut the system. Dont be afraid, they wouldnt stand against us there is just too many? Only if we fear them do they own us? This system needs to come down? They need to be brought down, especially the IRS. These institutions are out of control and not working for the benefit of the people and as a result we are no longer required to go along with the program because its not Freedom.
We are under no obligation to comply with the loss of freedom.
This is a message to OUR DEA CHIEF.... FUCK OFF Marijuana is MEDICINE YOU IGNORANT CUNT! Your pharmaceutical bullshit isnt! Our government has become oppressive, they are crossing the line as we speak! Weed helps with so many things that cant be denied. These people are losers because it is well understood the benefits of weed, appetite is indisputable (who hasnt heard of the Munchies?), prevention of seizures is indisputable, help with sleep is indisputable... It helps with pain.... It regulates body functions and so many more things we have not even had the chance to figure out.. there is no question about these things. its time to wake the fuck up people.
If you have no appetite, have seizures or have problems sleeping weed could really help you naturally... its your loss.. not theirs. Mother nature gave us weed, its not evil.... hate to break the news. Your really missing out if you have one of these problems and your not using weed. Give a person who is having a seizure weed and tell me what you think of weed? Weed is good, it helps people. Not one person had marijuana listed on their death certificates in 2014 compare that to 1 every 19 minutes to pharmaceuticals and 100,000 plus due to alcohol. Weed gets lumped in with everything else and it shouldn’t, its good. PERIOD.
The people we have in control dont want to help anyone except themselves. Im not afraid of them. I watch weed really help people everyday... especially those who have seizures. There is no doubt about it... Its good. Please fight this one: https://www.change.org/p/obama-fire-dea-head-for-calling-medical-marijuana-a-joke?source_location=trending_petitions_home_page&algorithm=curated_trending
103,000 support it so far.
If you have seizures and take Klonopin, TRY WEED and get the fuck off Klonopin.... TAKE YOUR LIFE BACK! Given the low mortality rate its some of the best medicine we have access to and they want to deny you of it. Our leaders "bought" their education and we are paying for it now.
In areas where weed is legal O.D. deaths from all other drugs are down. They simply dont want us to be safer because its not profitable. Life is what you make it, lets make it better for everyone . Its not for everyone at this point, but to those who it helps so be it.
Speaking of Gitmo, why don't we send all refugees there for say 3 years till they're properly vetted, finger printed, and debriefed as to what their real intent is?
If you live in the mid-west, I've heard foreign news is what happens in New York and Los Angeles? Jokes aside, I've been led to believe Americans have the lowest take-up of passports in the developed world, so it shouldn't make a difference. lol Big Gubermint is coming for you, inch by inch and so many of you cant even see it. United you stand, divided you fall.
As I recall, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Warren Buffet-Table (over 1 billion dollars) owe back taxes. Oh, they are special, eh? I didn't know.
some animals are more equal than others
or haven't you been told.
"Sometimes you have to stand in awe'
sometimes?
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Isn't the IRS a trust, itself, based in Puerto Rico?
The railroads were funded through an Act of Congress and then promptly handed over to trustees of private trusts. When one trustee died, it went to their wife or someone else, without any government legislation.
If we could drill down and find out who the trustees of the trusts are, that would be interesting.
Search old (very old, like 40-50 yrs) New American-John Birch Society publications.
It was all there in detail long ago.
Beware the Lamb!!!
Does al sharpton(dullton) still owe millions in back taxes. Does he have a passport?
Well,,, guess it better than being chained to a table at 87 years old eaten up with cancer.
A dangerous disaster.
America truly is lost.
Meanwhile, imaging all the tax-dodgers seeking Obama's clemency a la Marc Rich.
Well they released Pollard didn't they.
Well if they take my passport, then I guess I am no longer a Citizen under their corrupt rules and none of the other laws apply.
This is the slippery slope - where a "people's" government begins to pick and choose who is worth of protection and who chattle.
I guess the template is being an Arab in 'democratic" Israel.
USA is truly lost. But even if they take your passport you are still a citizen and you owe them all that they SAY you owe them. That is why having a second passport and, better yet, relocating OUT of USA is the best thing you can do.
If your house which was mortgaged during the housing price bubble gets foreclosed and the bank buys it back or sells it for less than you owe on it, the IRS counts that as a windfall profit to YOU!
Many of those affected are destitute now. Will that count toward revoking their passports?
Its seems like just another form of assault?
I thought Nazi Germany lost WW 2? I miss something?
I get the point of going after big time tax evaders etc. but how long before this law is used incorrectly or for punishment? It is worrying .
Many are missing the point here. What the feds are saying, is that YOU ARE STATE PROPERTY. They own you. And should you fail to pay your own franchise fee {Federal taxes}, they will imprison you with velvet chains. The real steel chains come later. In the mean time, they will slap leans on you, so your wages are garnished, any property you hold is claimed {by them}, you can't inherit anything, or even play the lottery. Any thing that has your name on it {securities, titles, or deeds} is theirs. Now you know another reason why they hate precious metals so much. it doesn't require any registration, it is anonymous.
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