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On IRS and wasted stimulus dollars, the buck stops nowhere
President Harry S. Truman's famous adage — "The buck stops here" — sat on his desk in the Oval Office as a clear reminder that as president, he was responsible for the decisions he made and what happened in his administration. It sent a...
Tags: Taxation, Harry S. Truman, Prince George's County, U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Congress
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Why the IRS scandal is worse than the others
Happy Father's Day … In over two decades in politics, my least favorite political type was the unabashed "hot dog," that media-seeking missile who would happily sell his grandmother for a 30-second hit on the evening news. The most dangerous...
Tags: Jim McDermott, Fox News Channel (tv network), Father's Day, Easter, U.S. Congress
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Surveillance leaks show Obama's hypocrisy
The revelation that the federal government has spied on millions of supposedly private phone and Internet communications makes President Barack Obama's headache over the IRS targeting of conservative groups seeking tax exemptions seem like a passing...
Tags: F James Jr Sensenbrenner, Jarmes R. Clapper, POLITICO LLC, Freedom of the Press, Verizon Communications
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Security vs. privacy
The latest open debate over security and privacy is a welcome pivot from the irksome father-knows-best attitude that has prevailed too long regarding the government's contention of superior judgment in the realm of national security. As with most...
Tags: Terrorism, Dwayne Johnson, National Government, U.S. Congress, FBI
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Lifestyles of the IRS and infamous
Every hardworking taxpayer should ponder this: The IRS is only one of over 1,300 agencies within the federal government ("IRS manager claims he started extra scrutiny," June 10). If the IRS could spend over $50 million on "conferences" between 2010 and...
Tags: Taxation
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Regulators and consumer advocates focus on senior identity theft
Older consumers are no more vulnerable to identity theft than others, but they do tend to be victims of the types of ID theft that are on the rise — cases involving tax returns and medical care. For that reason, the Federal Trade Commission held a...
Tags: Theft, Finance, Criminals, Interior Policy, Consumers
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Cummings calls for end to IRS probe
Arguing that the congressional investigation into the IRS should be concluded, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings said Sunday that closed-door interviews with the agency's staff show neither the White House nor officials in Washington had a hand in targeting...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Taxation, State of the Union Address, Elijah E. Cummings, CNN (tv network)
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Rand Paul seeking plaintiffs, funds for suit against NSA
Sen. Rand Paul is recruiting plaintiffs – and seeking donations – for a class-action lawsuit against the National Security Agency. “Dear Patriot,” the Kentucky Republican wrote Thursday in an e-mail to supporters. “I’...Tags: Skype, Ron Paul, Fox News Channel (tv network), Email, Justice System
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The two Obamas
The contradictions at the heart of the Obama presidency are finally out in the open. As a result, a man who came into office hell-bent on restoring faith in government is on the verge of inspiring a libertarian revival. There have always been (at least)...
Tags: F James Jr Sensenbrenner, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Fox News Channel (tv network), Mining, Benghazi
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Rep. Cummings and the IRS: Washington politics to the core
Baltimore Democrat Rep. Elijah Cummings says the investigation of the IRS has been concluded ("Cummings calls for end to IRS probe," June 9). Yet only last week Congressman Cummings was outraged because the people on his street were struggling while...
Tags: Taxation
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IRS failure starts with tax code
I must admit I don't feel terribly sorry for the tea party folks and their difficulties with the Internal Revenue Service ("New charges against the IRS," June 5). The problem isn't with the IRS, which may have been guilty of sloppy workmanship, but with...
Tags: Taxation
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Fix Section 8 and landlords will step up
Recent letters to the editor have focused on the reality that people deserving of Section 8 assistance need more landlords to open up their homes and apartments to Section 8 so that the housing poor will more quickly and easily obtain the housing that...
Tags: Chicago Housing Authority, Public Housing, Section 8 (housing), Human Mishaps
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