Internal Revenue Service

        I have written several times in the past about our IRS and the ridiculous 70,000-page tax code.  Some people don’t think the rich pay their fair share, and this huge tax code pretty much guarantees the very rich will never pay the same tax percentage as working people.  I find this somewhat frustrating when the Fair Tax could and would solve the problem.  The only problem is that it would reduce the size of government and take away power of our political elite. 

        I wrote a blog on October 23, 2012 called “Too Small To Succeed”, where EPA regulations where used to intentionally target and put 320 of 400 companies in a specific industry out of business.  Now we hear that the IRS has been targeting conservative political groups.  One source said searches were made for any group with “Tea Party” or “Patriots” in the name.  We now know this was a widespread practice over several years targeting many conservative political and religious groups.  This is a federal crime with possible sentences of up to ten years.  Will it be investigated and prosecuted? How far up in government does knowledge of this practice go? 

It reminds me of when I lived in the Chicago area.  I remember listening to a radio show when the host was having a rant about a city official taking a kickback for a tire sale to the city.  He did not have a problem with the kickback.  What he had a problem with was the fact that the kickback was about half the going rate.  The radio host said that if city officials starting taking kickbacks below the going rate, it would give the city a bad name.  I think he was only half joking.  It’s a good thing we don’t have Chicago political tactics in Washington, or do we?

I have another problem with the now questionable integrity of the IRS considering the major role they will have in implementing Obama Care. They will know your income, your health history and who knows what else.  Is this too much power for any governmental bureaucracy? Are we creating a country that will be ruled by the political elite?  I think it is time we take our country back and reduce the size of the federal government before it is too late.