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Trent Franks: “Whenever we have a government that uses the power of the IRS... to deliberately coerce some of its citizens... that is…”

On the recordMay 23, 2016
Whenever we have a government that uses the power of the IRS... to deliberately coerce some of its citizens... that is by very definition tyranny.
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Trent Franks
Arizona

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Franks warns against government coercion as a form of tyranny.

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