The Patriot Post® · 'The Real Internal Revenue Scandal'

You might have thought the IRS scandal involved illegal targeting of Tea Party and Patriot groups for entirely craven political ends. Or maybe it was the agency covering its tracks by “losing” pertinent emails. You would be wrong – according to The New York Times. “No,” the Times’ editorial board tells us, “the real scandal is what Republicans did to cripple the agency when virtually no one was looking. Since the broad Tea Party-driven spending cuts of 2010, the agency’s budget has been cut by 14 percent after inflation is considered, leading to sharply reduced staff, less enforcement of the tax laws and poor taxpayer service.” Horrors! The IRS has first dibs on your every paycheck and is therefore arguably the most powerful (and feared) agency in all the federal government. But according to the Times, it’s the victim.