IRS vs GestapoFollow

"They ration health care in Canada," LePage said. "That's why they a lot of people come down to the U.S."

9.1.4.6 (05-30-2008)
Directive No. 4 - Firearms

The nature of CI's activities requires the ability to respond in a safe and timely manner 24 hours a day. Special agents are not expected to be armed at all times, but must have access to their assigned firearm when required to perform official duties.

Special agents are authorized, but are not required, to carry their IRS-issued weapon when off-duty. When carrying their IRS-issued weapon off-duty, special agents are subject to all IRM provisions concerning firearms.

Criminal Investigation will provide each special agent with a firearms safe in the office and a safety container for home storage.

The Chief, CI, will ensure that each special agent has met the requirements to carry firearms. Futhermore, the Director, Field Operations and each SAC will ensure that each special agent in his/her office has met the requirements to carry firearms.

The SAC may authorize special agents to carry IRS-owned weapons other than the agents' assigned firearm (for example, shotguns). The SAC will notify the Director, Field Operations of such authorization within 24 hours.

Special agents who carry a privately-owned weapon during off-duty hours are subject to the same civil and criminal restrictions as a private citizen. Special agents may not use their position or credentials to qualify under state or local laws to purchase, license, carry, or use private weapons; however upon request, credentials may be displayed as occupational identification, but not to influence the decision.

I was actually kind of on board until this line.

Canada doesn't ration health care, we lack hospitals and doctors. Largely because the Doctors go open practices in the US, because they can make more money.

But I do agree that the IRS does have some resemblances to the Gestapo. Heck they are even allowed to carry guns for those really nasty tax evaders.



http://www.irs.gov/irm/part9/irm_09-001-004.html#d0e199

In a way they can detain anyone they want, call the crime tax evasion, fudge some numbers, and control dissent in the populous.

The seeds of Fascism are sewn one seed a time.

In my own country, we have submitted to our supreme American overlords. Your Law enforcement can now make Arrests on my nations soil.

Awesome.

I'm finishing John Avlon's book Wingnuts. He might need to publish a second volume.

Is it really that unusual?

I assume you meant to type sown, unless you can tailor and farm at the same time.

To be loved by anyone?

Awesome, i warrant my own type.

Yea, no idea who he is, so you would know better than me.


And that's a pretty good summation. I support most social programs, just can't abide when they get wasteful. I would like to see them administered better, which likely means increasing staffing levels.