Congress is holding
more hearings on the IRS scandal today. A key figure in the story, tax exempt
division chief Lois Lerner, promptly asserted
her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination, asking to be excused
from testimony on the grounds that she would refuse to answer questions. She
got subpoenaed anyway... and was then allowed to leave after reading a prepared
statement in which she denied all wrongdoing.
Yesterday, Lerner's boss, Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, admitted that the question that prompted Lerner to gently break the news of the scandal at an American Bar Association conference was planted. Miller and Lerner did this in coordination with the White House, as part of their scandal damage control efforts. Miller now says this was "an incredibly bad idea." This story seems to get hotter by the day.
Yesterday, Lerner's boss, Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, admitted that the question that prompted Lerner to gently break the news of the scandal at an American Bar Association conference was planted. Miller and Lerner did this in coordination with the White House, as part of their scandal damage control efforts. Miller now says this was "an incredibly bad idea." This story seems to get hotter by the day.
It's not just
the IRS running amok, either. Other
agencies have been involved in widespread political intimidation tactics
during the Obama years, including absurdly preferential treatment granted by
the Environmental Protection Agency to liberal groups.
And now the same abusive, politicized government will be in charge of your health care. Who knows what questions embattled bureaucrats will refuse to answer, in the years ahead?
And now the same abusive, politicized government will be in charge of your health care. Who knows what questions embattled bureaucrats will refuse to answer, in the years ahead?
NEW UPDATE
Lerner’s Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination was voided when she gave an opening statement this morning denying any wrongdoing and professing pride in her government service.
LOL: She doesn’t even know how to “shut up” properly.
It is my understanding that the 16th Amendment was never ratified and therefore, the IRS, itself, is illegal.
ReplyDeleteAll our life, we've been brainwashed into believing that the IRS was founded to collect taxes to cover America's 'collective' interests.
The only interest it covers is the interest on the money borrowed from the Federal Reserve, so we can cover the debt on the undeclared wars we've been fighting since 911, pay for the welfare and care of millions of illegal aliens, and on, and on, and on.
How much longer is the IRS going to call the shots?