Manchin calls IRS surveillance idea “screwed up”
As congressional Democrats continue their intramural fight over how to spend trillions of dollars we don’t have, at least one very bad idea the Biden administration has floated to defray…
Rather than give the IRS new powers, lower rates and simplify the tax code
The Biden administration’s plan to give the IRS the right to know how much money goes into and out of your bank account is still on the table. As we’ve…
A warning against arming the eyes in the sky
Government is a big fan of high tech gear, especially when it allows law enforcement agencies to expand their surveillance capabilities without necessarily tripping any of those inconvenient constitutional triggers….
How government proposes to get what it’s owed
The answer from the Biden Administration has been to give the IRS the power to look at a few harmless pieces of information: money coming into, and out of your…
Who is likely to get caught in an expended IRS bank surveillance program? Just about everyone
Behind all the Democrats’ maneuvers to grow the size of government is a push to collect more tax revenue. That would mean giving the IRS sweeping new powers to see…
Governments and law enforcement using online data to beef up surveillance
Law enforcement and government intelligence agencies are big fans of using private sector data to conduct their operations. When such practices have run into constitutional and political barriers, agencies say…
The post-9/11 growth of the security state
One of the bigger changes to American life following the Sept. 11 terror attacks was a concerted effort to give local law enforcement access to military hardware and an array…
Giving the IRS expansive surveillance powers is a recipe for trouble
Democrats need more tax money to fund their plans to build an even bigger government. Where are they going to find it? Just raising taxes isn’t enough – what’s needed…
Commerce Department will shut down ‘rogue, unaccountable police force’
The Commerce Department’s bizarre, in-house security and intelligence operation is being shut down. As the Washington Post reports: The Commerce Department will eliminate a security unit that it found improperly…
Twenty years on, the war on terror has made the state larger and stronger than ever
One of the biggest changes in America during the 20 year-long fight against global terrorism has been the rapid change, and accelerated growth, of the security state. Once designed to…
