Shock! Federal Gov't Literally Stealing Americans' Cash and Property
Ken McIntyre writes at the Daily Signal:
The Internal Revenue Service seized $107,702 in company profits from Lyndon McLellan just because agents didn’t like the size of the convenience store owner’s bank deposits.
If a bipartisan proposal before Congress had been the law of the land, though, the IRS could not have justified the money grab.
Countless Americans like McLellan, who never intended to commit a crime, will avoid his heartache -- and that of thousands of others -- if Congress acts to curb the ability of law enforcement agencies to seize individuals’ money and property without even filing a charge.
"I’m no politician, but I hope people say they need to change this," North Carolina resident McLellan says, according the Daily Signal.
"Changing that is the intent of lawmakers who propose to reform the process known in legal circles as civil asset forfeiture," McIntyre writes.
