Quote Originally Posted by colocowboy01 View Post
Maybe we need to change the tax system.
We did here in Colorado ... its called TABOR. And under TABOR the Stormwater "fee" was basically an illegal tax, so many folk refused to pay it. However instead of having the court overturn this illegal tax (even though it was called a fee) we got rid of it by passing a ballot initiative. Thus it was never actually DECLARED an illegal tax. So that means if you didn't pay it you still have to pay up.

That said, sending in armed agents of the state to take the money by force is government run amok and wrong and the individual officers that allowed themselves to be used in this fashion are no less guilty than the government officials that ordered them in.


As for the whole "anti-cop" thing ... if we aren't allowed to discuss the misdeeds of some police officers (or in this case the misuse of police officers by the state) without being accused of "cop bashing" than we're going to end up with a society where the law abiding no longer trust the police ... which in the end will suck WORSE for the good police.

The problem we have now (and it tends to rear its head in this forum) is that there are too many in law enforcement who are unwilling to admit that there are large numbers of their "brothers and sisters in blue" that are gladly becoming jack booted thugs for a runaway state and have no respect for the rights of the people. Thing is I know that many of you LEOs here abhor this kind of action ... it is incumbent on you to stand against it from the inside if you want to see our republic survive and stop defending your corrupt fellow officers. You need to be Americans FIRST and police officers second.

Its also incumbent upon each of us outside of law enforcement to lend support to those officers and deputies that DO stand up against the tide of jack booted thuggary. If you think it can get bad for those of us "civilians" that speak out against the excesses of the police, imagine how tough its going to be on those that stand against the JBTs while in uniform ... they aren't going to do it if we on the outside make them stand on their own.