We've certainly lost a big one here,
This story is about a man selling cigarettes on-line, and refusing to collect the tax. After the taxing agencies come up short on charging him with anything, they siezed his assets anyway. The guy sued to get them back, but the court denies his attempt, because to oppose a siezure, the aggrieved must be the subject of a criminal or civil forfeiture action. But the agencies didn't do that; they just seized it, leaving this guy no way to challenge it.
Giving taxing agencies this much power is despicable.
"The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the government may seize all of a person's assets, shut down a business, and throw its employees out of work without notice or a hearing, no matter how weak the government's case may be," Wicker said.
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/01/05/330...-taxes-to.html
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