Saturday, August 2, 2014

Politics: Dr. Tim Hulsey-Government Offices Violating Laws we Must Obey Ourselves

The United States is supposedly a country that lives by the rule of law. 

If American citizens are suspected of breaking a law, even inadvertently, they 
face prosecution (Some estimate that we all violate at least three federal 
statutes every day). They potentially face a court battle, large legal fees, 
time off work, job loss, and damaged reputations even in the face of a not 
guilty verdict. 

Many Federal and State laws govern the conduct of government agencies and their 
employees. The government and its employees are expected to live by the same 
rule of law as you and I. 

Executive Branch agencies translate law into reams of supposedly usable 
statutes. Those rules are required by law to be sent to the Congress for 
potential revision before being implemented. 

A recent study of the 4000 rules written by the federal government since 2012 
shows that 1800 of those were never sent to our elected representatives for 
review. Consequences: none. 

Federal record keeping laws require permanent archiving of agency communications 
with backup. Many agency employees have not complied. The IRS and other agencies 
have been proven to ignore these laws. Consequences: None 

The CIA has finally admitted that it hacked into the computers of Senate 
staffers, "I believe  in violation of the constitutional separation of powers," 
said Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA). Consequences: apology, thus far. 

The IRS is legally required to keep individual tax information private and 
secure and to act in a non-political way. Violation of this has been proven by 
Congressional. Consequences: acting IRS commissioner retired early, Lois Lerner 
retired. 

Crime in government is revealed daily, but government law-breakers get unequal 
protection from unions and Civil Service rules. 

Protection for the American People from their government: none!

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