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It isn't just the police. The government at all levels has laws which allow it to seize property from Americans and in most cases without recourse. Welcome to b
by Shivetya 6y ago
It isn't just the police. The government at all levels has laws which allow it to seize property from Americans and in most cases without recourse. Welcome to big government, where government officials and politicians do not have to answer for the laws and regulations they put forth. It is the regulatory state that is even more daunting as unelected officials can set rules and fines that are never voted on
A recent famous case was seizing and selling a persons house over an eight dollar tax payment.[0]
Through forfeiture and excessive fines government routines takes millions, tens of millions per year, from Americans each year. From losing your property over tax issues, forfeiture from police stops, excessive fines for property violations[1], to just simply losing money for trying to fly with it [2]
Why doesn't this get more attention here? Simple, this site seems to have a poisonous view of Libertarian issues and links to sites which cover these transgressions daily but are on Libertarian sites get flagged or down voted into oblivion.
[0]https://reason.com/2020/07/24/county-wants-answers-from-treasurer-who-seized-mans-home-over-8-tax-bill/ https://reason.com/2020/07/24/county-wants-answers-from-trea...
[1] https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/2019/07/19/florida-city-hits-homeowners-massive-penalties-supreme-court-excessive-fines/1691703001/ https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/2019/07/19/f...
[2]https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/the-dea-seized-her-fathers-life-savings-at-an-airport-without-alleging-any-crime-occurred-lawsuit-says/2020/01/15/1d9986e6-36e6-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/the-dea-s...