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Ok, the IRS is on the ropes so now what?
Absolutely notthing willl be done about the tax system because of this event.
The IRS is not on the ropes because BOTH PARTIES need the IRS to pay their tools salaries.
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Nothing of substance is going to happen to the IRS.
But now that we know that the agency can be used as a tool -- confirming the fears of those who don't trust the government, only to be called "nuts" -- we can all rest assured that those who want a more powerful, centralized, authoritarian government are getting exactly what they want.
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You know who likes the IRS the most, ironically? The Rich. The IRS, whatever else it is, is symbolic of the complexity of the tax code.
The biggest single reason our tax code is complex is because it is filled with complex ways to avoid paying taxes. The Rich are those most able to use that complexity to that advantage.
Do you really think a guy like Mitt Romney for example who uses the complexity of the tax code to pay 13% or whatever on his millions in income wants to go to a simple flat rate that charges him 20%?
You know who likes the IRS the most, ironically? The Rich. The IRS, whatever else it is, is symbolic of the complexity of the tax code.
The biggest single reason our tax code is complex is because it is filled with complex ways to avoid paying taxes. The Rich are those most able to use that complexity to that advantage.
Do you really think a guy like Mitt Romney for example who uses the complexity of the tax code to pay 13% or whatever on his millions in income wants to go to a simple flat rate that charges him 20%?
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Nothing of substance is going to happen to the IRS.
But now that we know that the agency can be used as a tool -- confirming the fears of those who don't trust the government, only to be called "nuts" -- we can all rest assured that those who want a more powerful, centralized, authoritarian government are getting exactly what they want.
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Automatically acting like the IRS is guilty of singling out conservative groups, is just one big bullshit lie!A Few Facts
Fact: The IRS is required to determine whether organizations applying for special tax status are "social welfare" groups or are instead engaged in political activity. Political groups cannot get the special tax status these groups were applying for.
Fact: Only one-third of the groups that were passed to specialists for a closer look were "conservative." Lots of other organizations were also checked, including progressive organizations.
Fact: No groups were audited or harassed or "targeted" or "singled out." This was about applications for special tax status being forwarded to specialists for a closer look to see if they were engaged in political activity that would disqualify them for the special tax status. This closer look is the kind of review all organization should get, but the IRS was swamped because of the flood of groups applying for a status that let them mask their donors, after Citizens United.
Fact: No groups were harmed. There were delays while the groups were checked to see if they should have special tax status. That's it. But the rules are that they are allowed to operate as if they had that status while they waited for official approval.
Fact: The only groups actually denied special tax status were progressive groups, not conservative groups. In 2011, during the period that "conservative groups were targeted" the New York Times carried the story, 3 Groups Denied Break by I.R.S. Are Named . The three groups? Drum roll ... "The I.R.S. denied tax exemption to the groups Emerge Nevada, Emerge Maine and Emerge Massachusetts because, the agency wrote in denial letters, they were set up specifically to cultivate Democratic candidates."
Fact: The IRS commissioner in charge at the IRS at the time this happened was appointed President George W. Bush.
Fact: According to the inspector general's report (p. 10) in the "majority of cases, we agreed that the applications submitted included indications of significant political campaign intervention."
You know who likes the IRS the most, ironically? The Rich. The IRS, whatever else it is, is symbolic of the complexity of the tax code.
The biggest single reason our tax code is complex is because it is filled with complex ways to avoid paying taxes. The Rich are those most able to use that complexity to that advantage.
Do you really think a guy like Mitt Romney for example who uses the complexity of the tax code to pay 13% or whatever on his millions in income wants to go to a simple flat rate that charges him 20%?
Big Government and the American Bar Association and CPAs love the IRS, too. Be honest.
Outside of the obvious answer - the FairTax, now what? Perhaps both parties should look to address the unchecked power low level drones (LLDs) have in our lives.
Any ideas on how to do that?
Have a beer.
Watch TV.
Forget about it.
