Does anybody believe that the recent apology by the IRS refers to the first time they have done that sort of thing? Or the last? The lame excuse is that some group of low-level employees in, of all places, Cincinnati, decided to do it - all on their own and unbeknownst to Washington.
The original Constitution forbade the imposition of an income tax for fear of precisely the kinds of events that are occurring. The founding fathers understood that the power to tax is the power to destroy and the IRS has long since become the most powerful and overbearing agency in our government. The Fair Tax legislation before Congress (HR25 and S13) will end the income tax and most other federal taxes by replacing them with a national consumption tax. I urge readers to study it and learn about the multiple means by which it will dramatically boost the economy and then to join in support of its passage.
William F. Condon
Killingworth