May 23, 2013

The IRS Scandal and Tax Reform

By Jon N. Hall
Of the three big scandals currently roiling DC -- the Benghazi terrorist attack, the seizing of phone records from the Associated Press, and the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups seeking tax exempt status -- the IRS scandal may alarm the most Americans. That's because the IRS is the most hated and feared outfit in government. In the disaster film The Day After Tomorrow (2004), a new Ice Age descends on America in a matter of hours. A group of young people take refuge in the main branch of the New York City Public Library, and to keep from freezing to death, they start burning books. Three of the youngsters have this exchange: JEREMY: Friedrich Nietzsche! We cannot burn Friedrich Nietzsche; he was the most important thinker of the 19th Century! ELSA: Oh, please! Nietzsche was a chauvinist pig, who was in love with his sister. JEREMY: He was not a chauvinist pig. ELSA: But he was in love with his sister. BRIAN PARKS: Uh... 'scuse me? You guys? Yeah... there's...(Read Full Article)