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IRS Commissioner: We Follow the Law ‘Wherever We Can’
Cybercast News Service ^ | 9/10/14 | Curtis Kalin

Posted on 09/10/2014 5:02:11 PM PDT by Nachum

In responding to a question from the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee Wednesday, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said he and his department follow the law “wherever we can.” (Video) House Ways and Means Committee Chair Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) asked Koskinen “Will you be following the law,” in collecting money for a certain type of healthcare subsidy. After Koskinen ducked the question, Brady asked again. Koskinen then admitted: “Yes, wherever we can, we follow the law.” A discouraged Brady chuckled while admonishing the commissioner saying, “I encourage you to follow the law in all instances.” I’m sure

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KEYWORDS: commissioner; follow; irs; irsoutofcontrol; irsscandals; koskinen; law
Well of course you do.
1 posted on 09/10/2014 5:02:11 PM PDT by Nachum
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2 posted on 09/10/2014 5:02:54 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Nachum

Dupe.

See Breaking News sidebar, Has been there for hours.


3 posted on 09/10/2014 5:04:15 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: Nachum

More like whenever you want to. And you never do when persecuting conservatives. /spit /not directed at the FReeper OP


4 posted on 09/10/2014 5:04:22 PM PDT by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
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To: Nachum

IRS Commissioner: We Follow the Law ‘Wherever We Can’


Me too.


5 posted on 09/10/2014 5:06:22 PM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: Nachum

Isn’t that the exact attitude of this administration and congress?


6 posted on 09/10/2014 5:08:01 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: Nachum

I hope the new GOP House and Senate remembers this turd.


7 posted on 09/10/2014 5:08:36 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: Nachum

Of course, for most people, following the tax code 90% of the time gets you a trip to the penitentiary.


8 posted on 09/10/2014 5:15:01 PM PDT by marron
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To: Nachum
The simple fact is that we will never again be a truly FREE people for so long as we continue to abide the Marxist income tax and the IRS!

fairtax.org

9 posted on 09/10/2014 5:25:27 PM PDT by Bigun ("The most fearsome words in the English language are I'm from the government and I'm here to help!")
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To: Nachum

Koskinen then admitted: “Yes, wherever we can, we follow the law.”

Funny how the arrogance just seems to seep out of those people.


10 posted on 09/10/2014 5:25:34 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Consistency: Every (all) top level manager in the Administration is a pathological liar.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Spending is constitutionally controlled by the House of Representatives. It is time for them to dramatically reduce IRS funding. Start with 50%. Promptly. Money talks. The IRS leadership needs to walk.


11 posted on 09/10/2014 5:29:06 PM PDT by Tudorfly
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Can I do the same with taxes?


12 posted on 09/10/2014 5:36:01 PM PDT by Gamecock (Not responsible for errors resulting from posting via my "smart" phone.)
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To: Tudorfly

Correct.
I wonder why this hasn’t happened in the past years of GOP control of the House...


13 posted on 09/10/2014 5:45:07 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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To: Nachum
"We Follow the Law ‘Wherever We Can’"

Sounds like there's a BIG BUT in there from the Smirking Weasel.
BTW , how many times has B.O. broken the law now?
Crime, Inc., ladies and gentlemen.

14 posted on 09/10/2014 5:46:44 PM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: Tudorfly

i agree.

reptards won’t do it. at the end of the day this is all kabuki and we’ll all be al-taqiyaa’d - again - by people supposedly on our side. hundreds of different flavors of rationale why they can’t do it.


15 posted on 09/10/2014 6:02:01 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

leadership on both sides don’t want to give up the power over people the tax code gives them.


16 posted on 09/10/2014 6:05:44 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Nachum

the thugocracy at work


17 posted on 09/10/2014 6:21:39 PM PDT by Nifster
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