The IRS seized a businessman’s life savings without charging him with a crime

Honestly, what a waste of tax dollars and effort.

On the one hand, the IRS is getting squeezed by congress and is facing some tough budget cuts.

And then there's this shit.

Maybe it's cause/effect, but it doesn't instill any confidence or sympathy for their current position.

He worked 13 years to save up $107K, and they wanted to give him back 50% of it; even though he did nothing wrong? I mean, 6.5 years down the toilet over... what? How is that OK?

It seems the government can't pick on the rich and elite, so they pick on the bigger of the small fish. Which, is really sad.

I'm working my ass off, working 60 hours a week to try and save up and get myself in a good situation finally. The thought that the government could come in and just shit on me like that, after climbing out of debt, because i structured my deposits in a weird way (or for any other reason they might come up with) is unsettling.

And this is, ALL of his money they took. Good luck with food, paying rent, car payments; let alone defense or anything else. That's insane!

Yeah, he definitely deserves the $22K back that he was forced to pay with money he didn't have, over nonsense that they cooked up.

There are no winners here. Tax dollars wasted, IRS resources and manpower wasted, emotional toll and time wasted for the victim and relatives; it's a blatant opportunistic move by the IRS; they see easy pickings.

Our government is predatory, and we're the prey; that's certainly comforting.

having lived in the US and UK for a long time, it's struck me that the relationship between the US government and its citizens is unusually suspicious and hostile, which I really can't find a parallel in any other developed countries. As distrust of government is nearly universal in the US, I'm continually surprised the situation manages to sustain itself.

These are the consequences of the War on Drugs.