On Aug. 12, the Democrats in the House of Representatives agreed with their Senate partners and passed a reconciliation bill filled with money for the EPA, climate, health care and pharma, with $80 billion going to the IRS . It is clear to me that enormous manpower added to the IRS will yield the potential for government control of all citizens through total financial oversight of all American digital financial transactions.

Recall the name of a former IRS employee — Lois Lerner — who used the IRS as a club during her tenure. Given additional IRS funds include $45 billion for “enforcement,” I believe control is the outcome; Americans can expect intense IRS scrutiny that has never been experienced in our lifetime. Why else elevate the IRS to be the largest nonmilitary arm of government?

Combine this with our president’s control over fossil-fuel prices, and there appears to be a pattern. In the president’s case, it is to reduce supply through executive order control over leasing and permits and regulation, and punish through the EPA — all for the climate crisis. The result is inflated costs for gasoline, diesel and all purchases. But biblically, we know climate is really controlled by our creator — not man!

Terrence Feitknecht

Tarentum

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