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This Story Is Becoming Too Common

Posted on December 4, 2014 by granny g

Yesterday The Blaze reported the story of Wladyslaw “Wally” Kowalski, a man who reportedly has a license to legally grow and sell medical marijuana to poor patients. Police claimed to have spotted the marijuana plants from a helicopter and decided to take action. So what action did they take? They seized his personal property, including a power generator and expensive tools. His bank accounts were later reportedly frozen, leaving Kowalski incapable of paying bills and student loan installments. Mr. Kowalski was never charged with a crime and has not yet been charged with a crime. This is unconstitutional.

The U.S. Constitution states:

Amendment IV

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment VI

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

I believe all three of these Amendments were violated in this case. (See italics)

The article reports:

However, the police allegedly didn’t consider whether the plants were being legally grown. Kowalski told the Mackinac Center for Public Policy that officers confiscated items that had nothing to do with his small marijuana operation during the raid, including the generator.

When they searched his home, Kowalski recalled officers growing excited when they found information about his bank accounts.

“When they found my bank accounts here in my office, they let out a yell. They said, ‘Here’s the bank accounts, we got him.’ It’s like the happiest thing for them, to find my bank accounts,” he said.

Kowalski’s marijuana license was not revoked.

After the case was given some publicity by the Mackinac Center, Mr. Kowalski’s assets were unfrozen, but his property was not returned. His property was kept by the police under the guise of civil asset forfeiture.

On November 23, I posted a similar story (rightwinggranny) about Jeffrey, Richard and Mitch Hirsch, who had their bank accounts seized because of consistently making deposits under $10,000.

The Blaze also reports a similar incident in Michigan:

Thomas Williams, another southwest Michigan resident, suffered a similar ordeal. His medical marijuana activities prompted police to ransack his property while they left him handcuffed for 10 hours. The cops took his car, phone, TV, and cash. Afterward, he had no means of getting to the grocery store or even contacting another human being for days. Like Kowalski, he hasn’t been charged with a crime.

That was over a year ago. The police still have his stuff.

If Americans don’t begin to stand up for the rights given to them under the U.S. Constitution, we will lose those rights. Know your rights and stand up for them.

 

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bank account, Cannabis (drug), Electricity generation, Letter and spirit of the law, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Medical cannabis, Michigan, United States Constitution

Why Are We Doing Things Like This To Our Veterans?

Posted on May 29, 2014 by granny g

Yesterday a website called Tea Party Command Center Blogger Spot posted a story about a veteran‘s recent encounter with the IRS.

The veteran whose story is told in the article is on disability due to wounds suffered in Iraq. He was checking his bank account to make sure his disability check had been deposited when he found out that his bank account had been placed on ‘hold.’

This is his story:

I called my bank and was informed that the IRS had sent a letter demanding that the bank take all of the available funds out of my account on the first day of the month and then wire them to them. The bank gave me a telephone number at which to call the IRS. After being placed on hold for a very long time- long as in a biblical age- I finally spoke with an agent.

Long story short; they claim I made $157,000 in 2010 and that I owe them tons of money, and that until I pay it, a lien will remain on my personal bank account.

At the beginning of 2010, I was still in the hospital recovering from injuries I’d sustained while serving in Iraq. I was released early in the year, but still did not find employment until October, and even then, it was only part time. I can assure you, as I did the IRS, that I did not earn $157,000.00. Actually, I earned less than $10,000.00 in 2010.

I kindly read the federal code mentioned above to the lady I spoke with at the IRS, reminding her that VA disability money is 100% exempt. She placed me on hold for another age (I could see a man coming- bearing water- over the horizon) and then she came back on the line and told me, “We do not take veterans’ disability money. We wait until the funds are deposited from the VA and then we take all of the funds from your bank account.”

All of this occurred after the veteran had been asked to be a contributing writer for key Tea Party personality “Joe the Plumber.”

The writer explains:

I jumped at the opportunity to join his team and give my work, such as this piece, a wider audience. I can’t help but think that part of my decision to join Joe’s team may have played a part in being singled out by the IRS at this specific time and having my VA disability money taken from me in complete breach of federal law.

As someone who had their taxes audited for the first time in 45 years after having made a contribution to the Tea Party, I can relate. It is becoming obvious that the IRS is no longer the apolitical agency it is supposed to be. It needs to be abolished and our income tax needs to be replaced by a consumption tax. For all of the class-envy people out there, that would cause the ‘evil rich’ to pay taxes on what they buy–if they live the life of luxury, they will pay more taxes. If they live like the rest of us, they will be taxed like the rest of us. It will end the need for the IRS, and solve the political problems the IRS has been having lately.

 

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bank account, Internal Revenue Service, Iraq, IRS, Joe the Plumber, Tea Party, United States, Veteran

ObamaCare Gets Very Intrusive

Posted on December 15, 2013 by granny g

On Tuesday, KGW.com in Portland posted a story about some residents of Washington state who have reported that after signing up for the state health exchange under ObamaCare, their bank accounts were improperly debited by the exchange.

Below is one example cited by the article:

Shannon Bruner of Indianola logged on to her checking account Monday morning, and found she was almost 800 dollars in the negative.

“The first thing I thought was, ‘I got screwed,’” she said.

The Bruners enrolled for insurance on the Washington Healthplanfinder website, last October. They say they selected the bill pay date to be December 24th. Instead the Washington Healthplanfinder drafted the 835 dollar premium Monday.

Josh Bruner started his own business this year as an engineering recruiter. They said it’s forced them to pay a lot of attention to their bills and their bank accounts.

“Big knot in my gut because we’re trying to keep it together,” said Shannon Bruner. “It’s important to me that this kind of stuff doesn’t happen.”

One person reported that his bank account had been charged twice.

The article further reports:

“We’ve got to figure out how to get money to pay the bills for the next week or two until we have another check come through,” said Josh Bruner. “It’s just crazy.”

Washington Healthplanfinder emailed the Bruners a few days ago telling them to log in to view their invoice, something they couldn’t do because the website has been down. The Bruners haven’t been able to get through on the helpline either. They finally contacted Healthplanfinder administrators by posting a message on their Facebook page.

This would be a nightmare for any family–particularly at Christmas. Do we really want to give the government the authority to create this kind of disruption in our lives?

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bank account, Bruners, Facebook, Josh Bruner, Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act, Shannon Bruner, Transactional account, Washington

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