IRS, Justice Department ignore civil asset forfeiture policy changes to target an innocent North Carolina business owner
Lyndon McLellan is the owner of a convenience store in Fairmont, North Carolina, a small town just up I-95 from the state’s border with South Carolina. On the advice of…
Chuck Grassley takes aim at the federal government’s terrible civil asset forfeiture laws
Carole Hinders is an Iowa restauranteur who, in 2013, made several bank deposits under $10,000. She thought she was doing everyone a favor by keeping her transactions under $10,000, but…
Tell Your Representative: Support the Fair Treatment of All Charitable Donations
As one of our more than 6.9 million FreedomWorks members nationwide, I urge you to contact your representative today and ask him or her to support the Fair Treatment for…
King v. Burwell: A Literal or Nonliteral Reading of the Text
It is difficult to predict how the Supreme Court will rule in any case it takes up, even after oral arguments; King v. Burwell is no different. It is probably…
ObamaCare will make filing a tax return an even more frustrating, complex process
Americans already spend some 6 billion hours and $168 billion each year complying with a complex and onerous tax code. But ObamaCare is going to make tax filing even…
IRS Abuses Power By Seizing Small Businesses Bank Accounts
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has a lengthy record of abusing power. The IRS’s abuse of power is not restricted to targeting tea party groups but it also includes seizing…
Many ObamaCare enrollees are finding out that they owe the IRS a lot of money
As the second ObamaCare open enrollment period came to a close over the weekend, more Americans learned that they owe Uncle Sam money because they received subsidies that were…
IRS Drains Bank Accounts of Innocent People
The practice known as Civil Asset Forfeiture is getting more attention these days, and deservedly so. Americans need to know that there is a legal mechanism for the government to…
Five Regulatory Fights for 2015
We all know that Congress has some big ticket items on its agenda for next year – repealing ObamaCare, balancing the budget, reining the president’s executive authority, but receiving less…
Oh look! the IRS is seizing bank accounts without any real suspicion of a crime
There’s a new scandal involving the Internal Revenue Service. Already deserved criticism for its targeting of conservative organizations and promulgating rules allowing ObamaCare subsidies in states that have…