Familiar with George Hansen?

Schmitto2121 — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:02:15 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCJdnJz11wA

http://www.dailypaul.com/node/62295

"Another thread this morning referred to Ron Paul's 1987 resignation letter from the GOP. Here's an excerpt in which he mentions Rep. George Hansen:

Under Reagan, the IRS has grown bigger, richer, more powerful, and more arrogant. In the words of the founders of our country, our government has "sent hither swarms" of tax gatherers "to harass our people and eat out their substance." His officers jailed the innocent George Hansen, with the President refusing to pardon a great American whose only crime was to defend the Constitution. Reagan's new tax "reform" gives even more power to the IRS. Far from making taxes fairer or simpler, it deceitfully raises more revenue for the government to waste.

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I read this and thought to myself, "Who is George Hansen?". Well a quick look on wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/w...) and some other sites (like http://www.constitution.o...) surprised me with information about a congressman that was wrongfully jailed and tortured in 1984 and then found innocent in 1995. I had never heard of this patriot before. Here's a few things he accomplished as congressman:

George Hansen was the only member of Congress able to pull the strings necessary to visit the hostages in Iran in 1979, exposing the big-bank scam behind that crises.

George Hansen was the author of the book To Harass Our People, an indictment of the IRS, where he demanded its dismantling.

George Hansen was the congressman who was so outraged by what he discovered about the IRS while researching his book that he wrote and helped to pass the Taxpayers Bill of Rights.

George Hansen was the first man to propose the flat tax as a damage control alternative to protect the people from IRS abuses.

Hansen was the man who took on OSHA, WPPSS, and the INS.

George Hansen was the man who fearlessly and repeatedly made public his findings when investigations turned up government corruption and citizen abuse.

Hansen's district in Idaho is also where Ron Paul was getting up to 40% of the vote against McCain in the primary. In light of what happened to Hansen, I am that much more in awe of Ron Paul taking on the establishment the way he has all these years.

Seems like there should be a movie made about Congressman George Hansen."

Wow. I had no idea who this man was. I cannot wait to bring this up about Reagan the next time I hear one my conservative friends talk about how amazing he was.

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Familiar with George Hansen?