America’s Declaration of Independence wasn’t referring to the IRS of the Obama era when it lamented that King George III had “sent hither swarms of officers to harrass our people.” But it could have been.

While Independence Day is a joyous time for cookouts, fireworks, and remembrances this year, it is also a vitally important reminder in 2013 that the liberties our independence secured beginning in 1776 are now threatened by tax bureaucrats in our very own government.