As a result, the federal government agency (IRS) that is supposed to be full of eye-shade bean counters and responsible for collecting revenue and enforcing the rules related to revenue and income taxation is now the "GateKeeper to the First Amendment".
Left to it's own devices, the IRS should be focusing on the most improbable task assigned to man; taking the tax legislation developed with good intentions and (usually) economic ignorance, developing forms and instructions, and distributing information that will allow citizens of this country a fighting chance of being to complete an income tax return correctly.
Instead we are adding the task of administering Health Care rules to the "Freedom of Speech" duties this agency has to accomplish. And, oh, by the way, try to collect enough taxes to keep the country out of bankruptcy. Or at least far enough out of BK that Ben Bernake can continue to print cash in large bills and we can pretend that this is working.
It occurs to me that the only reason the IRS scandal is in a scandal in the first place is because legislation started with good intentions decided that our government would use tax status as a controlling factor in free speech.
As a result, the federal government agency (IRS) that is supposed to be full of eye-shade bean counters and responsible for collecting revenue and enforcing the rules related to revenue and income taxation is now the “GateKeeper to the First Amendment”.
Left to it’s own devices, the IRS should be focusing on the most improbable task assigned to man; taking the tax legislation developed with good intentions and (usually) economic ignorance, developing forms and instructions, and distributing information that will allow citizens of this country a fighting chance of being to complete an income tax return correctly.
Instead we are adding the task of administering Health Care rules to the “Freedom of Speech” duties this agency has to accomplish. And, oh, by the way, try to collect enough taxes to keep the country out of bankruptcy. Or at least far enough out of BK that Ben Bernake can continue to print cash in large bills and we can pretend that this is working.
Time to get rid of the IRS and 80% of this all too big govt. we have let out of the bottle.