E.J. Dionne on Saluting the IRS

http://www.tnr.com/print/article/politics/saluting-the-irs

Yes, if you support our troops, you have to support the work of the Internal Revenue Service.

Champions of government's core functions have been far too timid in taking on the slanders directed against the IRS. When right-wingers tell IRS horror stories, progressive politicians are typically defensive: Well, sure, let's correct those abuses, but ... mumble, mumble, mumble.

It's time to tell the truth: that our tax system allows enormous leeway for innocent mistakes, that IRS agents often help hard-pressed taxpayers to work out reasonable ways of meeting their obligations, and that our system provides, as it should, many avenues through which taxpayers can exercise their due-process rights.

And rarely is it pointed out that if we stop IRS employees from trying to collect the money owed by those who cheat on their taxes, we are only increasing the burden on honest taxpayers.

I find few things more nauseating than watching a leftard lick the sole of the boot that crushes our freedom. Dionne is one sickening motherfucker in this article.

Here's the best way I can describe the IRS. Watch The Pursuit of Happyness with Will Smith. When you get to the part when the IRS raids his account and takes the last bit of money to his name rendering him and his son homeless, try to be grateful for all the IRS does for us.

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