When even progressives complain about the arrogance and incompetence of the IRS, it’s clear the agency needs a housecleaning. Then again, if Congress did its job, the IRS would have less leeway to screw up.
, with ATR’s John Kartch writing that “Perhaps it should be assessed penalties and interest for each day late as regular Americans must do when they miss IRS deadlines.”
While conservative outrage is valuable and should not be taken for granted, it also is not unexpected. Progressives, on the other hand, tend to be IRS boosters , so when a leading progressive voice condemns the agency, that means the agency really has messed up.. The Urban Institute is a liberal think tank founded by President Lyndon Johnson’s administration and financed both through big-government grants and a slew of progressive foundations.
“All I know,” wrote Gleckman, “is if somebody promised me $80 billion, or even $80,000, and all I had to do was describe by February 17 how I’d spend it, I’d be pretty sure to make the deadline.” Instead, the IRS press officer blithely says the agency “expects to deliver the plan to [Secretary Yellen] in coming weeks,” whatever that means., and if liberal administrations such as Joe Biden’s weren’t blase about holding federal workers to account, numerous IRS employees would lose their jobs over this administrative lassitude.
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