Paul L. Caron
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

The IRS Scandal, Day 467

IRS Logo 2Forbes:  Are 'Expendables 3' & IRS Equally Expendable?, by Robert W. Wood:

The Expendables 3 is a little like the IRS. Did we need this third installment of the action movie franchise? It had a lackluster opening weekend and tepid reviews, so perhaps with ‘Expendables 3′ the Third Time’s Not a Charm. But it may have a hidden message.

An expendable movie about a cadre of aging action stars is a little like the sagging IRS. The IRS may never have been a star, but its star has fallen in recent years. For over a year now, it has been plagued by scandal and what sometimes seems like downright arrogance at the top. Even in the face of these sad developments, some claim there is not a ‘Smidgen Of Corruption’ at the IRS.

Like an aging action star demanding too much money and being frozen out, such behavior doesn’t bode well for the IRS. ... Expendables—the IRS—features an agency that collects billions and is charged with administering the nation’s tax laws. Make no mistake, that’s no easy job. Yet on the whole, I still think the IRS does a generally good job (no hate mail please). That is why it’s so terribly important that we restore some trust and accountability. ...

Does our our country have more important problems? Sure we do. But it’s still wrong that we cannot seem to get straight answers. The latest order from Judge Emmet G. Sullivan in the litigation filed by Judicial Watch asks for answers about the recently ‘lost’ emails of Lois Lerner and other IRS officials. See Judicial Watch v. IRS (No. 1:13-cv-1559).

The fact that a federal judge has had to launch this inquiry into the issue of the missing emails is a sad day for the IRS, regardless of whether the IRS realizes it. The IRS filings were at least lackluster and seemed not to take seriously the judge’s request for sworn declarations about the IRS email issue. The judge really means it.

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