Sometimes the best response is no response at all.
I’ve heard it both ways, but evidently he really was a Republican Bush appointee. And before that he headed a commission to “reform” the IRS.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Shulman
Why did this story come out now? Sure it distracts from Benghazi but not enough to remove the issue. I believe that it has more to do with implementing Obamacare with the IRS as the enforcer. This provides a way to remove the entire IRS leadership and replace them with Obamacare enforcers. Both parties will demand the resignation of those involved and the replacements will be worse. Obama doesn’t get any blame and takes credit for clearing out the corruption. Some of those who lose their jobs may even get political payoffs for going along with the plan.
We could live without the IRS easily enough and in fact we could live without an income tax. But we’d need to replace our entire money system in the bargain. The baic idea has been to use federal debt as a primary basis for money; the income tax is meant only to pay interest on the debt, the idea was to roll the principle over in perpetuity.
Hmmmmmmmmmm - - - ?
Wasn’t The Sheriff of Nottingham collecting taxes for The Obamanation back then in 2010 named Timmy?
Timmy “the tax-cheat” something or other - - - ?
I remember, it was Timmy Gee!
Question for the day: “Will our sorry Congressional RINOs bring Ex-Sheriff of Nottingham Timmy “the tax cheat” Gee in for a little Q & A?”
Second Question for the day: “Will our sorry Congressional RINOs have the POLITICAL MOTIVATION to seek to put Ex Sheriff of Nottingham Timmy Gee in an American version of The Tower of London?” (Robin Hood would have done so in a Sherwood Forest Minute!)
I think congress should be debating the “changes” that need to be made at the IRS. They should start with “restructuring”, and the dismissal of those who “violated their positions of trust.”
Congress might even consider “double blind” tax evaluations, which would mean that random audits are indeed random; unless directed by a tax court judge with probable cause to believe that the tax code had been violated, based on a referral from an outside agency.
In turn, this would force the simplification and consolidation of the tax code, so that a tax court judge could make that determination.
It is time to stop the insanity in DC. The world deserves much better from its lone super power (hat tip Clint).
bkmk
Imagine what would be happening now if the IRS had been targeting Muslim groups instead of Jewish groups.
Pandemonium would be breaking out, fomented by the angry leaders of Muslim groups. Just a simple cartoon of Mohammed has been known to set off deadly riots.
Where, oh, where, are our Jewish leaders?
First they came for Jewish organizations’ tax returns and they did nothing...