by Dan Mitchell | Apr 3, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I’m not a fan of the IRS or it’s Commissioner, a partisan Democrat named John Koskinen. The agency has become politicized, interfering with America’s political process. Needless to say, I’m not shedding tears that the bureaucracy is no longer getting big budget...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 24, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Taxation
With tax day fast approaching, it’s time to write about our good friends at the Internal Revenue Service. One of the new traditions at the IRS is an annual release of tax scams. It’s know as the “dirty dozen” list, and while it may exist mostly as a publicity stunt,...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 8, 2015 | Blogs, Taxation
Like many taxpayers, I personally get upset with the Internal Revenue Service when I file my taxes. But I probably get angrier than the average taxpayer. That’s because I have first-hand knowledge of the waste and fraud in the federal budget, so it galls me that so...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 21, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
I can’t help but wonder whether the song made famous by The Grinch Who Stole Christmas should be the theme song for the Internal Revenue Service. After all,that bureaucracy is “as cuddly as a cactus” and “as charming as an eel.” And it appears that having “the tender...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 29, 2014 | Blogs, Taxation
I generally don’t feel a special degree of animosity for the internal revenue service. After all, it’s the politicians who have created the 74,000-plus page monstrosity of a tax code. Blaming the IRS for enforcing that system is like blaming the police for the drug...
