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| H.R. 1: It's Worse Than You Think |
| 2021-04-02 |
| [American Thinker] "...and for other purposes" seems to be included in the titles of so many bills these days that it’s always enlightening to dig a little deeper, past a bill’s obvious provisions. In the case of H.R. 1 -- the 2021 Omnibus Federal Electoral Fraud Enhancement Act -- the revelations are pretty scary. They’re intended to drive from politics people Democrats don’t like and to consolidate in Congressional hands information that violates the Separation of Powers doctrine or the Bill of Rights. Others have spoken forcefully about the bill’s proposed unjust and ruinous changes to the Federal Election Commission, campaign finance reforms, and general election processes. Today, let’s see what the last 100 or so pages of this nearly 900-page bill bring us. This is where all the "other purposes" are hiding and they’re as bad as the rest of the bill. Section 10001, calls for Presidential and Vice Presidential tax transparency. What it really does is suppress candidate turnout by requiring that the last ten years of income tax returns be submitted to the Federal Election Commission within 15 days of becoming a party’s nominee. Those records, with certain limited redactions, then become public just like any report filed with the FEC. Opposition research is complete and available to China, Russia, new or former relatives, all of Congress, the media, the whole world, in fact. For the candidates who are not elected, those records stay public forever. This will discourage private citizens like Trump — as opposed to lifelong political hacks — from running for high office. This requirement seems to be a clear violation of the 4th Amendment which protects an individual’s papers against unreasonable seizure. This is a taking if there ever was one. Surprise! The IRS already has possession. If these documents are required by Congress for any purpose, a simple warrant based upon probable cause is all that’s necessary to obtain them. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 The One Party bill. Everything in the Party, nothing outside the Party, nothing against the Pary. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-04-02 07:16 |
| #1 H.R.1 at 791+/- pages, stop and think of how long it took to develop it, reach agreement within the Socialist-Democratic leadership, write it, edited it and present it to the rank and file. Question: Was this planned years ago. Like for Hillary back in 2016 even maybe? Or just a consolidation of various trial balloons over the last 4+ years? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-04-02 05:39 |