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IRS Takes $33,000 From Old Lady, Files No Criminal Charges

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As Glenn Reynolds puts it, “Government is just a word for the things we do together.” One of the things we do together is punishing small-business owners for working hard and being responsible.

Courtesy of the Institute for Justice:

Aren’t you glad that this soft-spoken grandmother has been stopped? There’s no way of knowing how many more people she would’ve hurt, by selling them tacos and then putting the money in the bank, if not for the brave geniuses of the Internal Revenue Service.

If we were to let this sort of completely legal behavior go unpunished, what would she do next? Open another restaurant? Two? More than two?

Do you really want this menace to buy toys for her grandkids? Board games? Ingredients for homemade cookies? It’s a slippery slope, people.

Shame on you, Carole Hinders. Why do you hate America?

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Jim Treacher