Bush appointed him so it’s Bush’s fault!
(The fact that team obama kept him in his job for 5 years after Bush left office has no relevance, please move along, folks)
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The tar brush never gets put away.
Pretty soon, either the tar will dry to the point it cannot be used to smear any more, or the amount of remaining tar on the brush gets down to the point it cannot make much of a mark anyway.
The greater point to be made is that the Current Occupant of the White Hut does not, and never has, taken responsibility for malfeasance of any kind.
Even when nobody else could have been in position to authorize or deny a particular action. The IRS is one of the most ruthless and persistent pursuers of those of whom it sets its targets upon, even when it is their error. When sicced on by the sitting regime, they are even more relentless, going after widows of deceased professional people, and imputing income when there was no actual receipt of revenue, for “services performed”.
And now this, using an “enemies list” to target potential opponents and challenging their legitimate deductions for specious reasons, forcing the persons and institutions to defend against seizure, at great expense to themselves. The IRS has no such restraints on how much they may put into pursuit of a particular court case, and many times, they will spend far more than any potential collection, just to prove a point and establish a precedent for future challenges to collections.
Intimidation by government action against its citizens is tyranny. Check the dictionary.
Well good. If Ben ever runs out of paper and ink and somehow the economy doesn't go completely stone age, I 'spose W will get credit for the recovery since he appointed Bernanke.