https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/10/ron-paul/it-didnt-start-with-trump/
It Didn’t Start With Trump
By Ron Paul, MD
The Ron Paul Institute
October 21, 2025
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The administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt used tax investigations against political opponents.
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President John F. Kennedy used the IRS and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to drive his conservative critics off the radio.
President Lyndon Johnson also used the IRS and the FCC to silence conservative critics.
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President Richard Nixon used the IRS to target political enemies. The Nixon administration also threatened television and radio companies with revocation of their broadcast licenses unless they provided favorable coverage of the administration.
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During the Clinton administration, the IRS not only targeted conservative and libertarian organizations it audited Paula Jones after she sued President Clinton for sexual harassment.
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During the George W. Bush years, the IRS targeted organizations critical of the Iraq War.
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When Barack Obama assumed the presidency, the tax agency turned its attention back to conservative and libertarian groups, with a focus on organizations associated with the Tea Party.
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So, let’s “nuke” the IRS and the FCC.
Seems like a good start.
Many if the abuses of power all originate from the Federal Gooferment “regulating” “We, The Sheeple”. Since we are supposed to be a Federal Republic, the Federal Gooferment should only interact with the various State Gooferments that created it. Leave “We, The People” alone.
Argh!
Let’s start Limited Government!
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