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It's totalitarian if the government does it. Private citizens are allowed (Free Speech) to make private judgments of this sort, even if their reasoning / conclu
by eszed 2y ago
It's totalitarian if the government does it. Private citizens are allowed (Free Speech) to make private judgments of this sort, even if their reasoning / conclusions are ludicrous or unsavory.
- LudwigNagasena 2y agoIRS is a part of the government and it's their job to make such judgements and investigate suspicious situations.
- eszed 2y agoIndeed. And there are formal procedures to, and both legal and administrative oversight over, those investigations. It's not appropriate for the Chief Executive (far less an unappointed private citizen, in charge of an ad hoc advisory body) to have arbitrary un-auditable access to every citizen's financial records.