Posted by Tina
A politicized and uncooperative IRS is being squeezed a bit today. The GOP leadership has decded that if hearings and appeals to Eric Holder doesn’t result in transparency and disclosure for abuses perpetrated on civililians then maybe budget cuts wil rattle a few cages. AP reports posted at Yahoo News:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The GOP-controlled House has slashed the budget for the Internal Revenue Service’s tax enforcement division by $1.2 billion, a 25 percent cut that would mean fewer audits of taxpayers and make it more likely that people who cheat on their taxes will get away with it.
The House approved the cuts by voice vote after little debate Monday night as it took up a $21 billion spending bill that sets the IRS budget.
The American people should be able to trust the various departments of government (Ha!) but the IRS in particularly is a body with the power to make life miserable for even the slightest error and demands an accounting and records kept for years. If this doesn’t work then maybe the next step would be to defund the organization completely and let the Obama administration decide how it will collect manage tax collection. After that, lack of cooperation could defund the EPA, the FCC, the Department of Energy, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Agriculture and on down the line. If Democrats want to continue to support this lawless administration let their big government solutions meet total defeat one department at a time…time to get serious.
As if by magic, from the same article:
A companion Senate measure has stalled in the Appropriations Committee, hung up in part over a looming amendment by GOP Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky aimed at blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing new regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. McConnell appears likely to prevail in the committee, which is stocked with pro-energy Democrats who are up for re-election.
Let’s hope this isn’t a fluke!
Love that the cuts are for the enforcement division. If the IRS can use the excuse their computers ate their emails, taxpayers will be able to say the dog ate their receipts. What’s good for the goose…
Did you hear another computer’s hard drive went down loosing more emails? This brings the total of hard drives disappearing to eight, I believe. What are the odds of that happening? If six missing was in the billions eight must put it in the trillions.
Lois Lerner’s Former FEC Colleague Has Emails Go Missing Too:
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/07/14/lois-lerners-former-fec-colleague-has-emails-go-missing-too/#ixzz37Z47kSKv
Also, just saw the founder of Z Street on Fox saying they are just now after four years going into the discovery phase of their lawsuit. Since they were the first to file in Aug. 2010 all documents were to be preserved from that date to present.
The sleeper case that could bust open the IRS scandals:
“Judge Jackson gave the IRS until June 26 to respond to Z-Street. That deadline has now passed, so the case enters discovery. This means that Z-Street can subpoena IRS officials, place them under oath, and ask them questions about how they acted, and cross examine them closely. They can also subpoena documents and require their production.
What makes the Z-Street case unique and potentially extremely damaging is that its lawsuit was filed in August 2010. That filing placed the IRS under legal obligation to preserve records.”
http://americanthinker.com/blog/2014/06/the_sleeper_case_that_could_bust_open_the_irs_scandals.html
And we all remember the planted question which gave Ms. Lerner the opportunity to apologize for targeting the TP and other groups. If, as she claims, she did nothing wrong why did she feel the need to apologize?
Planted question gambit backfires on IRS officials:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/05/18/irs-scandal-planted-question/2216747/
The Obumble “investigation” playbook:
1. deny anything is wrong
2. announce a DOJ “investigation” after overwhelming pressure
3. name a lead investigator, politically tied to Obumble or Holder
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And so on . . . .
#4 Make no comment due to current investigation in progress.