For more information about the parade, contact Garrett at 674-1328. Our legal system is based on the principle that a person is innocent until proven guilty and that it is much better to let a guilty man go free if the police do not follow strict evidence-collection procedures than it is to put an innocent person behind bars. Ms. Erbe apparently thinks such courtesies are fine for someone apprehended at a crime scene with a weapon in his hands, but they are not appropriate for the taxpayer. She prefers that the IRS take the home now and ask questions later. Sure, thousands have been found innocent of wrongdoing after they were financially ruined, but we can't risk the possibility that the government may only confiscate 25 percent of someone's income when they may really be entitled to 30 percent.
Liberals always grieve when government power loses out to personal freedom.
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