Bill Would Suspend Passport Rights For Delinquent Taxpayers

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ACPutz — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 05:52:31 GMT

TT - While I respect you're POV - I would hope we've come a long way as a people since the 30's and holodomor. I think though, that if you don't pay your taxes restricting the ease at which the government allows you to travel isn't really that big of a deal. If you don't pay your sewer bill the county gets up in your face, I don't see this as anything different.

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time*treat — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:19:58 GMT

The "owed taxes" angle is a distraction. How long before such a travel restriction is attached to any other (alleged) infraction

Comment #6

JAP69 — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 02:48:12 GMT

Would they need authority from congress to implement such a restriction. I am sure many elected officials will not like this restriction. Big part of the white house staff would be on the list from what I heard on their tax delinquencys.

Comment #5

time*treat — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:42:22 GMT

What *I'm* looking at is how all of these dots connect... based on how they've connected every time they've been enacted in other nations. The holocaust gets better press, but the holodomor killed far more people. (The first passes spell check, while the second doesn't. Something to be said for irony & good marketing.) It is no longer enough to say "I'll never do anything wrong" when the definition of "wrong" keeps being expanded, minor "wrongs" can get you locked up & strip searched,... [ More ]

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ACPutz — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:08:20 GMT

Most Republicans are up in arms over poverty level American's not paying taxes but being afforded all the benefits that come from living in America... essentially living off other peoples dimes. So if you accept the fact that this is wrong, then you have to believe these people do not deserve to receive any of the benefits of being American. But if you've got the money to travel outside the US and you choose not to pay your taxes... essentially again living off other peoples di... [ More ]

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JezzVim — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:34:46 GMT

I don't know when we as a people are going to wake up and realize we were castraded. I am very angry about the state of our country. What happened to the movement to awaken Americans? Deemed unlawful. God save our America

Comment #2

Rick G — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:30:55 GMT

Did I hear a sheep bleat that this isn't becoming a police state? From Wikipedia: "A police state is one in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic and political life of the population. A police state typically exhibits elements of totalitarianism and social control, and there is usually little or no distinction between the law and the exercise of political power by the executive. The inhabitants of a police state experi... [ More ]

Comment #1

time*treat — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:39:27 GMT

Original Blog Entry: Bill Would Suspend Passport Rights For Delinquent Taxpayers

time*treat — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 09:21:05 GMT

LOS ANGELES (CBS) A bill authored by a Southland lawmaker that could potentially allow the federal government to prevent any Americans who owe back taxes from traveling outside the U.S. is one step closer to becoming law.

Senate Bill 1813 was introduced back in November by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Los Angeles) to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs, and for other purposes .

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In addition to authorizing appropriations for federal transportation and infrastructure programs, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act or MAP-21″ includes a provision that would allow for the revocation or denial of a passport for anyone with certain unpaid taxes or tax delinquencies .

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Nothing to stop the threshold or scope from being changed.

Who was that one crazy guy who said something about laws walls eventually being used to keep people IN, rather than OUT, and they laughed at him? Can't. quite. think. of. his. name ...

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