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The <i>other</i> IRS case — 9 Comments

  1. If the GOP ever regains control of both congress and the presidency. the first thing it should do is outlaw any and all public employee unions. Then, they should drastically revamp the Civil Service laws to make it as easy to fire a public employee as it is to fire a (non-union) private sector employee in a right to work state.

    The concentration of power in the executive branch of government has has gone way too far; I don’t think it’s any exaggeration to say that it’s become an existential threat to the country.

  2. Neo,
    Don’t be so cynical. Meisel;s emails have been lost, but you know how unreliable the IRS computers are.

  3. “I don’t think it’s any exaggeration to say that it’s become an existential threat to the country.”

    DC has always been a threat to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Now, under the messiah gangsters, the gloves are off and their smidgen of corruption is in plain sight for any willing to open their eyes.

  4. It’s hard to prove gross negligence. If it were not, the number of frivolous lawsuits would be even higher.

    At the same time, an honest DOJ would investigate for criminal behavior. This DOJ places the protection of the administration above the protection of the citizens.

  5. This reminds me of the shenanigans that go on at the EPA: an enviro group sues for action X, and the administration instead of fighting the (specious) suit, settles.
    Action X becomes government policy.

    So the IRS settles for the laughable sum of $50,000 and now, because the case is settled, nobody else can sue. How convenient.

  6. A further hypothetical application:

    Obama doesn’t want to pardon Lerner because it might be politically harmful to the party, so he has DoJ prosecute.
    Holder reaches an “agreement” with Lerner’s lawyers, and she receives a laughably short sentence.

    The case is closed. No avenue for further prosecution.

    The only big “if” in this scenario is that Obama wouldn’t be audacious enough to just pardon the perps.

  7. Per iowahawk –

    “Apparently, the leading cause of hard drive failures is subpoenas.”

  8. The Left has always had strategic assets like the iRS. People are merely waking up to it now that they are being deployed. They shouldn’t consider themselves perceptive for seeing it. Only if you saw it years before 2008 or 2012 at least.

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