The ROOT RANT:

As published at Fox News on 6/19/13

By Wayne Allyn Root

 

It is easy to understand why the U.S. economy is in crisis and decline. Forget the delusional stock market (fueled by Fed fake money printing). On Main Street our economy is sick and getting sicker. There are no jobs. 90 million working-age, able-bodied Americans are not working- that’s almost one third of the country. The workforce participation rate is the lowest in decades. The rate of business startups is the lowest in decades. Food stamps, disability, welfare, and Medicaid are at record highs. We face economic disaster. Why?

 

The answer is found in how we treat the heroes of the economy. Fireman are heroes because they run into burning buildings. Policeman are heroes because they run towards the sound of gunshots. That’s why they are called First Responders. Where would we be in a crisis without these heroes?

 

But our economy relies on heroes too. I call these heroes “Financial First Responders.” They are the business owners, investors, job creators, and taxpayers. They risk their financial lives, just as policeman and fireman risk their bodies. They run towards crisis, just like our First Responders. They are willing to risk their life savings on nothing but a business idea. Amazing! They even risk their money in the midst of an economic crisis. That takes guts.

 

Like fireman and policeman, who risk their lives selflessly for others, the Financial First Responders risk their money to create jobs, to provide a better life for their employees, and to provide products that consumers need at a price they can afford. Their courageous risk-taking is what fuels the entire U.S. economy- thereby paying the taxes necessary to fund government. Without Financial First Responders the economy and government would grind to a halt.

 

Obama famously said, “You didn’t build that” to business owners. That statement could be the most ignorant ever uttered by a President. The truth is the exact opposite. Nothing could get built by government without the risks taken by business owners. The reason we have roads, highways, bridges, airports, schools and hospitals is the tax dollars paid by Financial First Responders.

 

Yet while government praises traditional “First Responders” like firemen and policeman, Obama and his socialist cabal demonize, denigrate, and disrespect Financial First Responders. For our courage and heroic risk-taking we get kicked in the gut. We are targeted, punished, regulated and taxed to death for our success…and now we’re even persecuted by the IRS.

 

Next time you wonder why the U.S. economy is failing, just remember that President Obama has created a hostile work environment. Just remember the 80/20 rule. 80% of success at any business comes from the top 20% of superstar employees. The same holds true of government. Whether it’s Merrill Lynch, or Coldwell Banker, or Charles Schwab, or Facebook, or the state of New Jersey, or the federal government, success is dependent on the rainmakers. The top 20% produce 80% of your profit, pay 80% of your bills.

How do you motivate the rainmakers? It’s simple- the more these superstars produce, the more they get to keep. In any industry in the world, the superstars at the top keep more of what they earn. Plus they receive bonuses, fancy dinners, vacations, gifts, golf.

Can you imagine if a company came along that reversed that idea. What if this company treated the top 20% like crap. What if they punished them- the more they make, the less they keep! What if this company took away all the extra commissions and bonuses of these superstars…and redistributed the money to the worst 20% of employees. Can you imagine giving nothing to your superstars, but offering fancy dinners, golf, gifts, and trips around the world to the worst performers? How absurd. That company would be out of business in 30 days.

 

Don’t look now, but it’s happening. It’s called government. Under Obama the rules have been reversed. He punishes the superstars at the top for our success. He taxes us to death. The more you make, the less you keep. He puts in place so many rules and regulations, that it is impossible to run our businesses anymore. The Financial First Responders are now condemned and punished for our heroism. Capitalism is under attack.

 

That is why the U.S. economy is failing. There is only one way to save this country and turnaround this economy…

Celebrate and reward the Financial First Responders.

 

 

 

 

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Published at Town Hall on 6/14/13

 

By Wayne Allyn Root

 

I don’t trust my government as far as I can spit. And you shouldn’t either.

 

There I’ve said it. I love my country, but I don’t love our politicians or government bureaucrats. Why would I? History proves that people in government the world over are liars, cheats, frauds, incompetents, common criminals, tyrants, and even murderers. Yet you think I should trust them with my phone records, emails, tax records, and healthcare? If you believe that I have a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.

 

Let’s not worry about the true despots of world history like Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Castro, or Pol Pot who enslaved and murdered their own people. Let’s ignore King George and the British generals who ordered American colonists burned alive in a locked church. Let’s ignore Southerners who whipped and hung black slaves for daring to want freedom. Let’s ignore all that serious and deadly stuff.

 

Let’s just look at recent history – SEO (Since Electing Obama):

 

Obama’s IRS persecuted honest people for the crime of being conservative critics of Obama, yet nominated proven tax cheats like Tom Daschle, Nancy Killefer, Hilda Solis, and Ron Kirk to major positions in his administration. He also criticized Mitt Romney for keeping his money in the Cayman Islands, but then named Jack Lew to become Treasury Secretary, even though Lew keeps his money in the Cayman Islands. Do you trust these cheats and hypocrites to monitor your taxes, oversee yoir healthcare, or listen to your phone calls?

 

Obama and Hillary lied about Benghazi, ordered Susan Rice to lie to the media for 2 weeks, then Obama even lied about the terrorist attack multiple times in front of the United Nations.

 

It now appears Hillary Clinton ordered a cover up of a prostitution scandal in her own State Department.

 

General James Clapper lied in front of Congress about the NSA surveillance program.

 

The head of the IRS lied in front of Congress about the scandal involving the targeting of conservatives. I know- I’m one of the victims that was targeted.

 

Obama claims he knew nothing about IRS persecution- even though he visited with the head of the IRS 157 times in his first term…and even though Obama met with the head of the IRS employees union the day before the targeting began. Liar.

 

Attorney General Eric Holder appears to have lied under oath about spying on journalists- including James Rosen of Fox News (and his parents). Holder said he knew nothing about it, while he was the one signing the request for surveillance.

 

Then there’s the scandals themselves. The IRS scandal. The Benghazi scandal. The Justice Department media spying scandal. The Kathleen Sebelius Obamacare extortion scandal.

 

These scandals all tie together. They represent  “Government Gone Wild.” Our government is out of control. It is run by meglo-maniacs and control freaks, who lie with impunity. Everything is always “top secret” and “on a need to know basis.” And only they need to know. They will take care of us and protect us- whether we like it or not, want it or not, ask for it or not, need it or not.

 

Personally, I think the group we need protecting from is government.

 

I don’t want the same government employees who at the IRS decided to persecute conservatives like me, to be in charge of surveillance over my phone calls and emails. If I’m an outspoken critic of Obama, will they decide to listen in on my calls with the intent of finding a reason to persecute me? If I run for office as a Republican, will they be listening in to my calls to find dirt on me? Will they be reading my emails to find out my campaign strategy?

 

I don’t want the same government employees who at the IRS decided to persecute conservatives like me, to be in charge of Obamacare. When I need approval for expensive cancer treatments, will they withhold approval, or delay reimbursements until I die? Will they simply make my life miserable, while I’m dealing with a life-threatening illness? Will they run “targeted Death Panels” by denying treatment to critics of Obama?

 

I don’t want the government educators who recently held a “toy gun buyback program” at a California school teaching my children. Yes, I said a “TOY gun buyback program.” They asked young children to turn in their toy guns in return for books. Any educator who thought up that program shouldn’t be in charge of teaching children anything.

 

When I publicly criticize the obscene pensions of government employees that are bankrupting our country, should I trust that angry government employees won’t target, persecute, and spy on me? Or put me in prison on trumped up charges?

 

Should I assume that the same Obama administration that labeled Ron Paul supporters as “terrorists” and suggested law enforcement pay special attention, won’t target Rand Paul supporters for destruction by listening to calls, reading their emails, or auditing their tax returns?

 

Should we assume the government won’t listen in on the privileged conversations of lawyers and ACLU executives to gain an edge in a high-profile trial?

 

Do you honestly believe that if government wants to silence your criticism and dissent, they’ll wait for a warrant to listen to your calls? iBased on what we’ve seen with the IRS scandal, I’d expect our government to target conservatives’ conversations and emails, then only after finding something they label as “questionable,” ask a judge for a warrant.

 

What next? Looking through our garbage, tearing open our envelopes at the post office, planting video surveillance or recording devices inside planters placed at our homes and offices- something the IRS was shopping for only days ago, until public pressure shut it down.

 

Based on the IRS scandal, the Justice Department scandal, the Benghazi cover-up, the Sebilius extortion scandal, the nonstop lies (often under oath) of government employees and even political leaders, why would anyone trust government “to do the right thing?” If you’re smart, you should assume they’ll almost always do the wrong thing.

 

Trust government? Trust the IRS? Trust the NSA? Trust Obama?

 

You’re kidding, right?

 

 

Wayne Allyn Root is a Capitalist Evangelist, serial entrepreneur, and Libertarian-conservative media commentator. He is a former Libertarian vice presidential nominee. He serves as Executive Vice Chairman of the Conservative Caucus in Washington DC. Wayne’s latest book is the National Bestseller: The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide: How to Survive, Thrive and Prosper During Obamageddon. Wayne’s twitter: http://twitter.com/WayneRoot/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Wayne Allyn Root

 

My life has crossed paths with President Obama on multiple occasions. According to Obama, we were Columbia University classmates, both Pre Law and Political Science majors in the Class of ’83. I also ran against Obama in 2008 on the Libertarian Party Presidential ticket. What are the odds?

 

But something about “the Obama at Columbia story” has always bothered me. Earlier in the week right here at The Blaze I wrote about having just returned from New York, where I attended my 30th Columbia University reunion. I celebrated with my esteemed classmates. Everyone except Barack Obama. As usual- he wasn’t there. Not a trace. Not a video greeting. Not a letter. I could not find any classmates who knew him.

 

I called Obama “the Ghost of Columbia University.” I pointed out (as I’ve said in the media for many years now) that Obama may have been registered at Columbia, may have graduated from Columbia, but he was rarely (if ever) seen for the two years in-between. It’s a strange, mysterious and frightening story.

 

Is he the real-life “Manchurian Candidate?” What explains Obama having just enough skeletal proof that he was there (one photo, one roommate, one professor, one friend)…but never seen in a class, never on anyone’s radar screen, almost invisible. A total 2-year blackout. It’s like a story straight out of a novel about the CIA or KGB. He graduated Columbia, but it’s almost as if he never went there.

 

 

To make matters more mysterious, Obama’s college records are sealed. He’s had plenty of opportunities to authorize the release, to clear the air. He has never chosen to do so. But why? What has he got to hide? Funny enough Obama has never had a problem ripping open the sealed records of his political opponents. Every step of his career Obama has beaten his opponents by having sealed documents just happen to be publicly exposed by anonymous sources. But not Obama. His records are always unavailable (and never leaked). Obama always seems to have powerful forces on his side.

 

Did he attend Columbia as a foreign student? That was the educated guess I made in my appearance on “Hannity” on Fox News a year ago. The only photo of Obama from his Columbia days was in his off-campus apartment with a roommate described by USA Today as a Pakistani national, pot smoker, and cocaine abuser. If you’re a foreign student, you live in housing off-campus with other foreign students.

 

That would also explain how he transferred into Columbia. Transferring into an Ivy League school is all but impossible. I did a little digging and found out only 3 transfer students in all of America were accepted into Columbia in the past academic year. Three students out of 315 million Americans. Yet those who knew Obama at Occidental called him a pot smoker and partier who rarely attended class. You’re telling me that a poor student, with that record, at an average college, was accepted for transfer into prestigious Columbia University? Only if he was an exotic Indonesian foreign student transferring into a college that desperately wanted to claim an ethnically and globally diverse student body.

 

Still that might explain how Obama got into Columbia. But where was he for those two years? My gut instincts say something is wrong with “the Obama at Columbia story.” Very wrong. Rancid.

 

But until now, I was the only one publicly voicing my suspicions. That just changed in a big way. Meet Professor Henry Graff, perhaps the most legendary and honored professor ever at Columbia University. He was THE American History and Diplomatic History professor at Columbia for 46 years. And he is more emphatic than yours truly that there are no Obama footprints at Columbia.

 

I was put on Professor Graff’s trail by another Columbia classmate, skeptical about Obama’s story. He told me that Professor Graff had been the speaker for the Class of ’53 last weekend at Columbia. My friend was watching Graff answer questions from the crowd when he was asked about Obama at Columbia. Graff said, “I have my doubts he ever went here.”

 

I did some digging and located Graff’s home phone number. I called him yesterday. Now retired, he was delighted to hear from me. He agreed to go on the record about Obama. Unlike Obama, Professor Graff clearly remembered me. He was thrilled to hear from his former student. I was in several of Graff’s classes and he remembered me like it was yesterday. He sounded great- like he hasn’t lost any of his trademark sharpness in 30 years since we last met.

 

I was honored to learn that this legendary historian has been following my political career for many years. But he had no such cheery things to say about the President. Graff said, “I taught at Columbia for 46 years. I taught every significant American politician that ever studied at Columbia. I know them all. I’m proud of them all. Between American History and Diplomatic History, one way or another, they all had to come through my classes. Not Obama. I never had a student with that name in any of my classes. I never met him, never saw him, never heard of him.”

 

Even more importantly, Professor Graff knew the other history and political science professors. “None of the other Columbia professors knew him either” said Graff.

 

Graff concluded our interview by saying, “I’m very upset by the whole story. I am angry when I hear Obama called ‘the first President of the United States from Columbia University.’ I don’t consider him a Columbia student. I have no idea what he did on the Columbia campus. No one knows him.”

 

There is something wrong with Obama’s story- I know that. Many of my classmates at last weekend’s 30^th reunion knew that. Now the most beloved Professor ever at Columbia joins us in publicly questioning the story. Obama is either the ghost of Columbia, or the perfect Manchurian candidate. But something smells rotten at Columbia.

 

 

Wayne Allyn Root is a Capitalist Evangelist, serial entrepreneur, and Libertarian-conservative media commentator. He is a former Libertarian vice presidential nominee. He serves as Executive Vice Chairman of the Conservative Caucus in Washington DC. Wayne’s latest book is the National Bestseller: The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide: How to Survive, Thrive and Prosper During Obamageddon. Wayne’s twitter: http://twitter.com/WayneRoot/

 

 

By Wayne Allyn Root

 

I don’t mean to say, “I told you so.” But…

 

I was the first individual in the nation to warn about this IRS massive scandal- even while I was personally under IRS attack. I was the first to predict it was a widespread attack aimed at thousands of individual critics (like me) and GOP donors. I was the first to suggest it was a detailed purposeful plan, directed from the Obama White House, to target Obama’s political opponents and dry up fundraising for conservative candidates and causes.

 

The story gets worse by the hour. Think of what we’ve learned in the past month? Think what we’ll learn in the next month

 

But first the good news- I have a conclusion to my personal story. As an outspoken critic of President Obama, the IRS targeted me for intimidation and persecution–not once, but twice. The first IRS attack started in January of 2011. After I won a victory in tax court in the summer of 2012, I was audited again 5 days later. FIVE DAYS. Tax experts have never heard of this happening- EVER.

 

But my nightmare is finally over. Just days ago, I won again. My tax attorney just received official notice that my second audit is closed and I owe nothing…nada…zero. Again.

 

I’ve now survived four years of IRS attacks under Obama and come out with a perfect record. After IRS agents reviewed every line of my tax returns for four years…scouring my life to try to find something, anything…the IRS agrees that I don’t owe one cent. 

 

I wonder if there’s one Obama supporter in America who could survive four years of IRS audits and come out owing not one red cent?

 

So my case is closed. I am living proof this was a witch-hunt against conservatives and Obama critics. That much is without dispute. The real question is was Obama involved?

 

Well the news is not good for Obama on that front.  It turns out that the IRS Commissioner visited the Obama White House 157 times during Obama’s first term. Yes, I said one hundred and fifty seven.

 

Since there are only 5 working days in a week, and Obama enjoys a record-setting number of vacation weeks and golf days, in four years there were only about 800 working days. That means Obama and his socialist cabal met with the IRS Commissioner once every five days in his first term. That’s far more than any Obama cabinet member.

 

So the question is why would the President meet with the head of the IRS more than any cabinet member? More than his Secretary of State? More than his National Security Advisors? More than his economic Advisors (during the worst economy since 1929)? What was so important?

 

During this period the IRS was certainly involved in a widespread attack on groups and individuals opposed to the President. All of this happened while Obama and his cronies were meeting 157 times with the head of the IRS. Was each visit the chance to plan and followup on detailed attacks on Obama’s opponents? Or were they just gazing into each other’s eyes?

 

Here’s the REAL crux of the Obama IRS scandal. I knew back in the summer of 2012 that this IRS scandal was a coordinated effort to punish, intimidate and silence individual critics of Obama, and bankrupt GOP donors. Even today, it is so much bigger and deeper than anyone understands.

 

How did I know a year ago? Because just in my small inner circle of friends, virtually every businessman that I met was getting hit with IRS audit notices only weeks after writing checks to the GOP and Mitt Romney. Strange coincidence, huh?

 

In one case, a friend of mine who is a hedge fund CEO attended the first major Wall Street fundraiser for Mitt Romney. Only a select few Wall Street big shots attended. Soon almost every individual in the room reported receiving IRS audit notices.

 

In another case, a friend of mine wrote a big check to Romney. He called me to report his suspicions when only weeks later he received an IRS notice. He’d never gotten audited by the IRS in his life. Why now? In another case, my next-door neighbor (who is a big GOP donor) reported being under IRS attack. In another case, my accountant was suddenly audited only months after my first IRS attack. Even my publicist received an IRS audit notice.

 

Are you starting to see a pattern? Are you getting the picture? This is no coincidence. This is mafia-style intimidation. This is an attempt to make Obama’s opponents “sleep with the fishes.” And it should be met with prison terms and RICO statutes.

 

This IRS scandal was aimed at Jewish Pro Israel groups, beloved Christian ministers and men of God (Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, James Dobson), groups that believe in the U.S. Constitution. Was this religious profiling?

 

After Fox News published multiple commentaries by me a month ago, I was contacted by a Mormon who told me that everyone in his circle of friends and neighbors had received audit notices since Obama’s re-election. He believed Mormons were being targeted to punish Mitt Romney’s biggest supporters. 

 

But how could the IRS identify Mormons? He educated me that all Mormons tithe 10% of their income to the Church of Latter Day Saints. That charitable donation is clearly visible on every Mormon’s tax return. It’s actually easy for the IRS to target and persecute Mormons.

 

Knowing that the IRS under Obama came after famous Christian leaders and Jewish Pro Israel groups…do you doubt this persecution of Mormons could be possible? 

 

Almost every Mormon in Utah supported Romney. Why wouldn’t the same IRS that chose to go after conservatives like me, and Tea Parties, and Jewish Pro Israel groups, go after individual Mormons to gain revenge?

 

Another individual contacted me to say that his wounded warrior charity was targeted. Eventually he grew so exhausted from the questions and delays, he gave up and closed his charity. Are wounded warriors a threat to the Obama White House too?

 

If this is true, and Obama targeted individual critics, GOP donors, specific religions, and even wounded military heroes, then it’s the biggest scandal in American political history. It’s time for major investigations. It’s time to put people in prison. It’s time to start talking about Impeachment.

As published at TheBlaze.com on 5/31/13

 

By Wayne Allyn Root

 

I lived through a nightmare and lived to talk about it. I was one of those victims of the IRS scandal. I am one of America’s most outspoken critics of President Obama and his socialist anti-business agenda. The result of my nonstop media success is that I was targeted for intimidation and persecution by the IRS. Not once, but twice. My first IRS attack started in January of 2011. After I won a victory in tax court the first time (in the summer of 2012), I was audited again 5 days later. FIVE DAYS. Tax experts have never heard of this happening- EVER.

 

But my nightmare is over. Just yesterday, I won again. My tax attorney just received official notice that my second audit is closed and that I owe nothing…nada…zero. Again.

 

That might make me the cleanest taxpayer in America. I’ve now survived four years of IRS attack under Obama and come out with a perfect record. After four years of IRS agents looking at every line of my returns…scouring my life to try to find something, anything…the IRS agrees that I don’t owe one cent. 

 

I doubt there is one leftist talk show host in America who could survive four years of IRS audits and come out owing not one cent. Or in honor of Obama, not one red cent.

 

So my case is closed. I am living proof this was a witch hunt against conservatives and Obama critics.

 

If IRS agents looked at every line of four years of my returns and found nothing out of place…not one cent owed…don’t you think that’s pretty strong evidence that this taxpayer should never have been audited in the first place? Don‘t you agree that the second audit…five days after winning a victory in tax court…was targeted malicious persecution? It should never happen again. No American should know the pain of being audited five days after winning the first audit.

 

But you’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg of this IRS scandal. This is the Titanic of scandals. Attorney General Eric Holder should have been head of the IRS. They deserve each other. Obama’s henchmen are all cut from the same cloth- bullies. Intimidators. Mob enforcers. They are “made men” for the Obama Crime Family. They bug your phones…read your emails…try to silence critics…try to bankrupt the opposition…name reporters as criminals for simply doing their jobs…ask taxpayers what kind of prayers they believe in. Heck, they even use the IRS to go after groups that dare to believe in the U.S. Constitution. You couldn’t make this stuff up.

 

Here’s the REAL crux of the Obama IRS scandal. This was never a few rogue agents from one office (in Cincinnati) going after Tea Party groups. I was the first individual to break this scandal- right here at TheBlaze. I was the first to have the courage to go public with my fears- even while under IRS attack at the time.

 

I knew back in the summer of 2012 that this IRS scandal went deep…and went straight to the Obama White House. I knew that it involved a purposeful coordinated effort to punish, intimidate and silence individual critics of Obama, and GOP donors. Do you still think IRS agents acted alone? Even though we just found out that the head of the IRS visited the President more than any other cabinet member.

 

How did I know this was a coordinated attack on conservative critics and donors? Because just in my small inner circle of friends, virtually every businessman that I met was getting hit with IRS audit notices only weeks after writing checks to the GOP and Mitt Romney. Strange coincidence, huh?

 

In one case, a friend of mine who is a hedge fund CEO attended the first major Wall Street fundraiser for Mitt Romney. Only a select few Wall Street big shots attended. After they went home, almost every one of them in the room that wrote a check to Romney later reported receiving IRS audit notices.

 

In another case, a friend of mine wrote a big check to Romney. He called me to report his suspicions when only weeks later he received an IRS notice. In another case, my next-door neighbor (who is a big GOP donor) reported being under vicious IRS attack. In another case, my accountant was suddenly audited only months after my first IRS attack. Even my publicist received an IRS audit notice.

 

Are you starting to see a pattern? Are you getting the picture? This is no coincidence. If you believe it is, I’ve got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn. This is mafia-style intimidation. This is an attempt to make Obama’s opponents “sleep with the fishes.” And it should be met with prison terms and RICO statutes.

 

This IRS scandal was aimed at Jewish Pro Israel groups…beloved Christian ministers and men of God (Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, James Dobson)…groups that believe in the U.S. Constitution…groups that help wounded veterans…

 

And perhaps even pure blatant religious profiling.

 

Religious profiling by Obama and the IRS? After my commentaries were published a month ago about this IRS scandal, I was contacted by a Mormon who reported that everyone in his circle of friends and neighbors has received audit notices since Obama’s re-election. He believes Mormons are being targeted to punish Mitt Romney’s biggest supporters. 

 

But how could the IRS identify Mormons? He educated me that all Mormons tithe 10% of their income to the Church of Latter Day Saints. That charitable donation is clearly visible on every Mormon’s tax return. It’s actually easy for the IRS to target and persecute Mormons.

 

Knowing that the IRS under Obama came after famous Christian leaders and Jewish Pro Israel groups…do you doubt this persecution of Mormons could be possible? 

 

What better way to target conservatives. Utah is the most Republican state in America. Almost every Mormon in Utah supported Romney. Why wouldn’t the same IRS that chose to go after conservatives like me, and Tea Parties, and Jewish Pro Israel groups, go after individual Mormons to gain revenge?

 

If this is true, it’s the biggest scandal in political history. It’s time for major investigations. It’s time to put people in prison. It’s time to start talking about Impeachment.

 

 

 

Wayne Allyn Root is a Capitalist Evangelist, serial entrepreneur, and Libertarian-conservative media commentator. He is a former Libertarian vice presidential nominee. He serves as Executive Vice Chairman of the Conservative Caucus in Washington DC. Wayne’s latest book is the National Bestseller: The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide: How to Survive, Thrive and Prosper During Obamageddon. Wayne’s twitter: http://twitter.com/WayneRoot/

As published at FoxNews.com on 5/21/13

 

By Wayne Allyn Root

Remember Kevin Cosner’s movie, “No Way Out”? President Obama could star in the remake. Either he knew about the IRS scandal and he should be impeached…or he knew nothing about it, and he should resign for incompetence. Take your pick.

The reasons I believe he is lying is because I’ve never heard of a CEO who knows nothing going on under his own command.

Certainly Obama has always given the impression he knows everything going on. When it came to his big success- the killing of Osama bin Laden- the Obama White House was quick to take full credit. We heard the narrative that Obama was involved in all the planning. He knew every minute detail. Obama was the hands-on CEO. It was Obama’s kill.

It was like a UFC Championship bout to the death: Osama versus Obama. That’s certainly what the public relations spinners at the Obama White House wanted us to believe.

But suddenly when it comes to the IRS scandal, Obama morphed from Chuck Norris to Sgt. Shultz of “Hogan’s Heroes.” He knew…NOTHING. He heard…NOTHING. He saw…NOTHING. Suddenly it’s a big government and no one man can know what’s going on under his command. Suddenly he is the ultimate hands-off CEO. Suddenly he was too busy on the golf course.

Even when the Obama White House was briefed on the IRS scandal during election season, senior aides told Obama nothing. Why on earth would you mention to the CEO that a massive scandal is being investigated that involved his own employees acting like gangsters to destroy his critics and opponents. No one would inform a CEO about a little thing like that, right?

The first time the President of the United States found out was on a Friday a couple of weeks ago- like the rest of us. We are to believe he was watching CNN and they mentioned this IRS scandal. And Obama turned to his Chief of Staff and said, “Wow, those IRS dudes really went rogue!”

Suddenly Obama gets his news about what his own government is up to from the media. This would be funny, if it wasn’t tragic.

We’re being lied to by our own President. He knew about the IRS scandal, because it was his White House doing the targeting. I am living proof. I am a witness to how bad this scandal really is- with a personal story of IRS harassment and persecution to make your toes curl. I’m Obama’s outspoken Columbia University classmate, who happened to be in the media day and night criticizing him. You think he never noticed? You think Valerie Jarrett, David Axelrod, and Rahm Emanuel never noticed?

Suddenly out of the blue I found myself under massive IRS attack. Pure coincidence, you think? Just low-level rogue employees acting on their own, you think? Just a case of low-level nobodies at the IRS willing to risk losing their jobs, salaries, pensions…and of course risk going to jail.

All to intimidate a small businessman who just happens to be a college classmate and critic of the President? You think they got this idea all on their own? They went rogue out of the Las Vegas office of the IRS, at the same time other low-level IRS employees went rogue out of the Cincinnati, Fresno and Washington DC offices.

These same low-level career bureaucrats that decided to profile, target, and persecute me, also chose to persecute Billy Graham, James Dobson, a Catholic professor, a St. Louis TV anchorman, a Fox News host, various radio talk show hosts, and everyone associated with Tea Party groups, conservative foundations, Jewish Pro Israel groups, and any group daring to educate the public about the U.S. Constitution? And all of this was decided “on the fly” by low level employees, in different offices, with no coordination, and no orders from above. Really? I’ve got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.

But let’s assume for a moment that Obama really knew nothing about all this. Well that’s almost as damning as if he knew. That would make him the most incompetent and clueless CEO in history.

Let’s use the example of a CEO of a public company on Wall Street. He steps up to the podium with cameras flashing and says, “There was an organized mafia-style intimidation and extortion scheme going on among my employees…with the intent to destroy my competitors. I never knew a thing about it. I was not involved. I found out this morning by watching CNN. I’m as shocked as you.”

Note: this is where the audience laughter drowns out the CEO. The next series of events are clear. The Board terminates this CEO on the spot. The company announces a lawsuit to recover all his salary and stock options. The SEC announces an indictment and he is prosecuted under RICO statues for fraud, racketeering and extortion. He loses everything and goes to prison.

There you have it folks. This IRS scandal did involve a rogue employee. That rogue employee is our rogue President.

Rest assured you’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg. This IRS scandal will soon get much worse. And it will lead to the President himself- if the media does their job.

But if it turns out that Obama really knew nothing…if he was too busy playing golf to bother with running his own government…then the problem is even worse than we imagined. In that case, we have a CEO who knows nothing running the U.S. economy and commanding the U.S. military.

God help America.

 

 

Wayne Allyn Root is a Capitalist Evangelist, serial entrepreneur, and Libertarian-conservative media commentator. He is a former Libertarian vice presidential nominee. He serves as Executive Vice Chairman of the Conservative Caucus in Washington DC. Wayne’s latest book is the National Bestseller: The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide: How to Survive, Thrive and Prosper During Obamageddon. Wayne’s twitter: http://twitter.com/WayneRoot/

 

 

By Wayne Allyn Root

 

The IRS scandal just gets bigger and bigger. No ordinary scandal, this is the very definition of an un-American, Joe McCarthy-style persecution. This is Gambino Crime Family criminal behavior. We now officially know America is being run by a gangster government, the Obama Crime Family.

The real question is “Will the same IRS (or IRS-like bureaucracy) that targeted and persecuted conservatives, GOP donors, Tea Party groups, Pro Israel Jewish Groups, Christian groups, Pro Life groups, and outspoken critics of the President (like me), now use Obamacare to deny us medical care?”

Will these same thugs use the process to frustrate, intimidate or slow it down just long enough…to allow us to die?

Think I’m kidding? Exaggerating? The IRS official that targeted and persecuted conservatives is the EXACT same executive assigned to oversee the IRS office of Obamacare. This couldn’t happen in a fictional horror movie, without media critics charging it’s absurd and unrealistic.

This is the same IRS that asked questions such as “What books do your members read?” “What is the content of the PRAYERS of your members?” “Please send us all your Facebook posts” and “Send us the list of your donors.” Now they are in charge of your healthcare.

Will the same litmus test be in place? Before granting approval for expensive medical treatment, will we be asked what groups we belong to? What books we read? What is the content of our prayers? Will they look at our Facebook postings before deciding if we’re worthy of receiving expensive medical care?

Just as the groups who dared to teach American citizens about the U.S. Constitution were targeted and denied tax exempt status, will those of us who dare to believe in the U.S. Constitution be denied the health care we need to save our lives?

A close friend headed a large Tea Party group in Florida. Every Board member was audited and intimidated by the IRS. Do you doubt that this same IRS (or whatever thug-like bureaucracy they put in charge of approving medical care) might make it difficult or impossible for these same Tea Party Board members to get permission for necessary medical care?

Soon after asking President Obama a couple of tough questions, a television anchorman in St Louis was audited by the IRS. Will any member of the media who criticizes the President (or even worse- any government agency) have a hard time getting approval for medical care?

Another friend, a successful hedge fund CEO, attended a Romney fundraiser. Within 60 days, almost everyone who wrote a check to Romney’s campaign was targeted for painful audits by the IRS. Will large GOP donors be denied medical treatment by these same corrupt government bureaucrats? Will Wall Street CEO’s be denied medical care for the sin of “being rich” in Obama’s America?

Will the Obama Crime Family deny medical care to anyone who criticizes the President in the media? I’ve been doing it nonstop for 4 years, and as a result, I faced a massive IRS attack. I was profiled, targeted, and marked for financial destruction. In the future, with the IRS or an IRS-like bureaucracy in charge of Obamacare, will I be put on “Obama Enemies List” and denied lifesaving medical care?

After what I’ve gone through let me assure you, the threat and intimidation is serious enough to make even someone as patriotic and committed to freedom as me, think twice. I can stand the heat.  But am I really willing to put the lives of my wife and children at risk?

Are you aware the IRS shared confidential tax information of conservative organizations with their liberal opposition? It now appears they shared Mitt Romney’s confidential tax information with Obama’s Presidential Campaign Co-Chairman. With the IRS in charge of Obamacare, will the confidential medical records of GOP candidates now be shared with their Democratic opponents?

Am I suggesting the IRS and other executive branch Obamacare bureaucracies are capable of murder? No, of course not. They’ll just play politics with your medical care, the same way they used the power of the IRS to bleed the finances of Obama’s critics.

They will:

*Slow pay your bills

*Repeatedly lose your medical requests or bills

*Deny permission just long enough that you’ll be denied your chance to live.

*Compound your illness by adding frustration and stress, thereby cutting years off your life.

*Approve only 50% of your bills for cancer treatment, while paying 100% for Obama donors.

*Or maybe they’ll just extort Obama’s enemies- by offering to pay for the medical care you need, as long as you never appear again on Fox News or conservative talk radio.

You know- “little stuff” like that.

The liberal media laughed when conservatives warned about “Death Panels” manned by government bureaucrats deciding whether you get the treatment you need to live or die. They accused us of paranoia and conspiracy theories. Well who’s laughing now? We were right. 

Then, there’s the Associated Press scandal.  It’s clear the media better stay in line. Write a story that Obama doesn’t appreciate and you’ll soon find your medical care denied, or delayed by the Obama Crime Family too.

Forget “Death Panels.” Now we must fear TARGETED DEATH PANELS.

 

Wayne Allyn Root is a Capitalist Evangelist, serial entrepreneur, and Libertarian-conservative media commentator. He is a former Libertarian vice presidential nominee. He serves as Executive Vice Chairman of the Conservative Caucus in Washington DC. Wayne’s latest book is the National Bestseller: The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide: How to Survive, Thrive and Prosper During Obamageddon. Wayne’s twitter: http://twitter.com/WayneRoot/

 

By Wayne Allyn Root

 

We are dealing with a modern-day Nixon.

The IRS just admitted to targeting and intimidating conservative and Tea Party groups. But why? The answer- the IRS thought a quick apology and throwing a few “low level employees” under the bus could nip it in the bud and make it all go away. They’re wrong. This will be one of the biggest scandals in U.S. political history- if the media does their job.

This IRS scandal is a threat to everything America stands for. It’s why we fought a revolution against King George. It’s one of the main ways the left brought down Richard Nixon- they accused Nixon of targeting political opponents with IRS attacks to intimidate and silence them. These attacks were prominently included in Nixon’s “Articles of Impeachment” and should be in Obama’s too- if the media does their job. 

How do I know?

Because I am the face of Obama’s IRS attacks. I am proof of how bad it is, when it started, that it was directed at individuals as well as groups, and that it did not involve only “low level IRS employees.” 

It did not involve only “low level IRS employees.” It did not happen in only one year (2012). It does not involve one office in Cincinnati. It was a widespread attack (mine emanated from the Las Vegas IRS office). It goes to the top of the IRS, it started early in Obama’s Presidency, and you can bet your last dollar that it was all conducted upon direct orders of the Obama White House. 

Most importantly, I’m living proof it was directed at individuals- with the intent of ruining our lives. It almost ruined mine.

Here is my personal story. I’m a small businessman, but also a national media personality with a megaphone. I’m an outspoken critic of Obama. My views are seen by millions on Fox News Channel, and read at conservative web sites like FoxNews.com.

The result? In January, 2011 an unprecedented IRS attack was launched against me. My personal story of IRS attack was covered extensively by conservative media. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/10/08/outspoken-obama-classmate-the-president-used-the-irs-to-punish-me-through-18-month-witch-hunt

In 30 years of doing business, I’ve had a spotless tax record. And I had never heard a peep from the IRS. The attack was so over-zealous and out of bounds, I was forced to hire one of this nation’s top tax attorneys, who took my case to court where we won a 100% victory. My relief at being vindicated lasted FIVE DAYS. Then the IRS announced a new tax audit against me.  

My attorney had never heard of such a thing and, before me, assumed it wasn’t possible. The many legal and accounting experts (who drained my savings) all agreed this could only happen if I was on “Obama Enemies List.”

The attack was chilling and intimidating, affecting every aspect of my life. It was meant to bleed me dry, and teach me a lesson- if you dare to criticize Obama, get ready to lose everything. 

If you think it was just myself or a few Tea Party groups targeted, I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you. I’ve done the research. The IRS targeted more than just groups- they targeted outspoken opponents of Obama and large GOP donors. And you can bet neither IRS agents, nor their IRS bosses, would take such actions without specific directions from Obama’s White House.   

This is all a pattern. See what Obama and Hillary (his Secretary of State) have done to the whistleblowers and members of the CIA and military who know what truly happened in Benghazi. See General Petraeus and his affair.  Given his continued silence, I can only imagine what other threats Obama is holding over his head.

Or take the rating agencies who downgraded the credit of America. Both were indicted by the federal government soon after daring to confirm America’s economic decline under Obama.

In my new bestselling book, “The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide,” I disclose how Obama is purposely implementing the plan of two Columbia University professors to overwhelm America’s economic system with massive spending, entitlements and debt, in order to destroy capitalism, bankrupt business owners (ie conservative donors) and incite crisis (that always leads to bigger government). It is a plan Obama learned at Columbia using the tactics from Saul Alinsky’s book “Rules for Radicals.” That book encourages distortion, lies, and intimidation- because “the ends justify the means.” 

How do I know this is a purposeful plan? Because I was Obama’s Columbia University Class of ’83 classmate, while we were being taught this specific plan. Now you know why he was so interested in intimidating and silencing me.

This IRS scandal gets bigger by the day. The latest development is that top IRS officials and lawyers were in fact aware of this scandal since 2011 (the very year I was targeted).

http://hotair.com/archives/2013/05/11/breaking-senior-irs-officials-knew-of-targeting-conservative-groups-in-2011/

It gets worse. It turns out the IRS was targeting Pro-Israel Jewish groups. It’s now gone from political targeting to racism and anti-semitism.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/348013/irs-inquisition-update

“Enough is Enough.” It’s time our elected representatives in Congress find the courage to face up to Obama’s culture of lies, cover-ups and criminal intimidation. Nixon was forced from office for a combination of Watergate and IRS attacks on opponents. It’s time for Congress to act against a President who has the exact same combination- Benghazi (which involves murder, not burglary) and unconstitutional IRS attacks.

Obama deserves the same fate– IMPEACHMENT!

 

Wayne Allyn Root is a Capitalist Evangelist, serial entrepreneur, and Libertarian-conservative media commentator. He is a former Libertarian vice presidential nominee. He serves as Executive Vice Chairman of the Conservative Caucus in Washington DC. Wayne’s latest book is the National Bestseller: The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide: How to Survive, Thrive and Prosper During Obamageddon. Wayne’s twitter: http://twitter.com/WayneRoot/

 

 

By Wayne Allyn Root 


When did the media lose all objectivity? When did America become a Banana Republic that refuses to allow opponents of Barack Obama free speech? When did the media decide to cross the line from journalists presenting all viewpoints, to political hacks promoting only one side (and blackballing the other)? When did the media decide censorship was acceptable?

Let’s ASK WGN TV NEWS in Chicago.

WGN knows the answer. This week WGN TV Network made it crystal clear they are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Barack Obama and the Chicago Democratic machine. I’m a witness to the crime of media bias and the purposeful violation of free speech.

My new book, “The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide” is out. It’s been ranked the #1 conservative/liberal bestseller at Amazon for almost 4 weeks. Because it’s more of a financial advice book than a political one, it’s also been ranked the #1 Finance book at Amazon for most of the past 4 weeks.

WGN TV News has chosen to interview me each and every time I have been in Chicago on book tours for my prior books- from “The Joy of Failure”…to “Millionaire Republican”…to most recently “The Conscience of a Libertarian.”

So you can imagine the shock when I was told that the head honchos at WGN had decided to refuse an interview when I come to Chicago this week. What was their excuse? This is a direct quote…make sure you’re sitting down to avoid any serious falls…WGN is refusing an interview about my new #1 national bestseller because my book “is too partisan.” I have that quote on email.

Too partisan? That’s an interesting phrase for a TV news network. This is AMERICA- All politics is “partisan.” Every word out of President Obama’s mouth is partisan. Every Democrat politician interviewed by WGN is partisan. Every Republican politician interviewed by WGN is partisan.  Every word out of the mouth of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is partisan. My prior interviews for “Millionaire Republican” and “The Conscience of a Libertarian” were certainly partisan. All politics is partisan.

So why the sudden change of heart? Why is this book, by this author, that dares to criticize Barack Obama, declared “partisan” and blackballed by Chicago’s leading TV news network? Is WGN trying to keep my views from their listeners? I thought that only happened in Venezuela, Cuba, or China.

Ironically, the definition of “partisan” is WGN. Any TV news network that refuses to allow free speech for opposing viewpoints can only be described as biased and partisan. I never thought I would see the media sink to these levels. It is a sad day for free speech in America. 

This decision is a symbol of the decline of ethical journalism in the age of Obama.

Thom Hartmann is one of the most popular liberal talk show hosts in America. He loves Obama. He disagrees with every view I’ve got. Yet Thom Hartmann has had me as a guest twice in the four weeks since my book came out. That’s called free speech, fair and balanced. That’s how you promote open and honest dialogue and debate. 

Thom Hartmann is a class act.

But one thing Thom Hartmann is not is unbiased. We debated, argued and both made valid points. Isn’t this what America is about?

 WGN TV News on the other hand is supposedly an unbiased TV news network, not a liberal propaganda tool. It’s now clear they are only masquerading as an objective unbiased news outlet. They’ve got a biased opinion about Chicago’s own Barack Obama- and all other opinions will be blackballed.

Is this legal? I don’t know. I think we should ask the FCC if a news station that regularly interviews authors (including this one) has a right to only air viewpoints with which they agree. You can bet I’ll have my legal team asking the FCC that very question. 

But, the more important question is…does this decision pass the smell test? Is it moral or ethical? That answer is clear- NO! Does it stink to high heaven that a conservative author criticizing Obama can’t get an airing of his views from a Chicago TV News network that has always jumped to interview that same author in the past? That answer is quite clearly YES.

WGN’s job is to do exactly what Thom Hartmann and Fox News strive to do each and every day- present differing viewpoints. Yes, Fox News does it every day. Every time I turn on Fox News they have guests from both sides of issues, and both sides of the aisle. Whether it’s a debate on “Kelly’s Court” with Megyn Kelly, or the panel on “The Five,” or the panel on Special Report with Bret Baier, or Sean Hannity’s Great American Panel- there is always a representative from the left. Isn’t presenting only one viewpoint how repressive governments worldwide control their citizens?

This is CHICAGO THUG CENSORSHIP as its finest. Shame on WGN.


Wayne Allyn Root is a Capitalist Evangelist, serial entrepreneur, and Libertarian-conservative media commentator. He is a former Libertarian vice presidential nominee. He serves as Executive Vice Chairman of the Conservative Caucus in Washington DC. Wayne’s latest book is the #1 National Bestseller: The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide: How to Survive, Thrive and Prosper During Obamageddon. <http://www.amazon.com/The-Ultimate-Obama-Survival-Guide/dp/1621570916/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363622157&sr=8-1&keywords=wayne+root>  Wayne’s twitter: http://twitter.com/WayneRoot/