The IRS has a “Love Story” relationship with citizens. Being the IRS means never having to say you’re sorry.
Actually, in real life, as opposed to cinematic catch phrases, people who care about each other do often feel a need to genuinely apologize about actual wrongs. But the IRS doesn’t care about us except insofar as we have wallets. And doesn’t feel sorry about anything they do to get our cash or to protect their turf except insofar as they get caught.
Getting caught isn’t so bad. The worst is a little public embarrassment and maybe having to fork over some of the money provided by all taxpayers to a subset of all taxpayers. Example: the agency has agreed to pay $50,000 in damages to the National Organization for Marriage, whose tax return and donor list the IRS illegally divulged to an opposing political group two years ago.
The guilty IRS employee has still not been identified. And the IRS is not really regretful. All spokesman Bruce Friedland will say is that privacy law “prohibits us from commenting.”
This isn’t the only recent occasion on which IRS has divulged private tax-return info for ideological purposes. What about an employee’s abuse of the private tax information of U.S. Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell during a political campaign? What about Lois Lerner’s illegal provision of tax data on tax-exempt organizations to the FBI?
Yes, the IRS targets us ideologically, in addition to the other ways they target us. And they’re not sorry.
This is Common Sense. I’m Paul Jacob.
5 replies on “IRS Says We Wuz Wrongish”
The IRS Commish’s arrogance was really alarming, if not gestapo-like. I just hope it’s the weakness that allows Issa & Gowdy to get them, after a lot of hard work, and not a sign of his confidence that the evidence is totally & permanently destroyed.
Most tech workers i’ve seen interviewed say that it’s almost impossible that the evidence is completely gone.
I have mentioned this before. IT IS NOT ONLY POLITICAL GROUPS THAT HAVE HAD THEIR 501 C 3 HELD UP, BUT SOME RELIGIOUS GROUPS ALSO.
I know (personally) of one that has had its application pending for at least over 2 years, and been told – unofficially- maybe another year or two.
THIS IS A MAINSTREAM RELIGIOUS GROUP.
What the —- is going on here, under the emperor?
This seems to be an excellent opportunity for a special grand jury. A case of petite treason, which I’m told used to be punished by hanging.
Brian, OR a special prosecutor, NOT ANSWERABLE TO THE DEPT. OF (IN) JUSTICE OR REID OR PELOSI.
WITH REAL POWER.
This wasn’t a little violation and wasn’t a subtle point of the law. This was an egregious violation of federal law that they should have known or should have found out if they didn’t. Taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook for it. This out to come out of the pockets of the responsible parties.