FACES OF AMERICA/BECKY GERRITSON

This is BECKY GERRITSON.

Becky is the Tea Party lady who testified before Congress eight months ago regarding IRS abuse.  LINK

Her compelling testimony included these words: "I'm not here as a serf or a vassal or begging my lords for mercy.  I'm a born-free American woman, wife, mother, and citizen and I'm telling my government you've forgotten your place."

Becky's story succinctly explains why there are six on-going Congressional investigations into the IRS.

These days, if you disagree with the government, you are targeted for investigation, harassed, and put on hold for tax-exempt status.  Fiercer still are the verbal assaults and mocking derision as terms like RACIST and TERRORIST are lobbed at the Tea Party.

Last week Becky was back before Congress, testifying again.  This LINK goes to a written copy of her testimony from the Congressional record which includes her biography.  She is an intelligent woman who loves her country.  When the Congressmen asked Becky if she had heard from government after her grievances, the answer was "no".

The same IRS tax law (making it a felony to share information/donor lists between departments of government) have been in effect for over 50 years...precisely because of the potential for abuse.  The President said there was some confusion about the rules, implying they were "difficult" to interpret and "bureaucratic".   This LINK from the Wall Street Journal calls such explanation a "fairy tale".  And according to an uncovered email between Treasury and Lois Lerner, as early as 2012 the IRS has been trying to change the rules "off-plan" (behind our backs).  Boneheaded decisions?  Smidgen-free?

Please consider giving Becky the courtesy to listen as she explains a government's willful act of discrimination to intimidate a point of view.  It should be bone chilling for all Americans to watch the destruction of civil liberties.