Rep. Serrano: More money will fix IRS; Acting IRS commish says he disagrees
http://twitter.com/#!/DavidMDrucker/status/341633891653787649
During this afternoon’s House Appropriations Committee hearing on IRS spending, Rep. José Serrano — who famously introduced a bill to repeal the presidential term limit — echoed former IRS commissioner Steven Miller by suggesting that throwing more money at the scandal-plagued agency would somehow mitigate its penchant for corruption:
http://twitter.com/#!/RNCResearch/status/341639924728078337
Uh, no way, José.
http://twitter.com/#!/Txsleuth/status/341633983362236416
http://twitter.com/#!/RBPundit/status/341636138181734400
http://twitter.com/#!/KatiePavlich/status/341641606698528768
Interestingly, acting IRS commissioner Danny Werfel made a similar point — sort of. In addition to acknowledging that the IRS betrayed Americans’ trust (assuming Americans trusted in the IRS to begin with):
http://twitter.com/#!/dcbigjohn/status/341640392158105600
Werfel also dropped this little bombshell:
http://twitter.com/#!/DavidMDrucker/status/341641600604200962
http://twitter.com/#!/damianpaletta/status/341641834210156545
Transcript:
“The solution here is, in my opinion, not more money. The solution here, in this situation, is to understand what controls need to be put in place, what oversight, what getting the right leadership in place, the right processes in a collective way…”
Acting #IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel: "We don't need more money"
#JustBrokeDemocratsHeart
#IRShearing— The Right Wing M (@TheRightWingM) June 03, 2013
Certainly a refreshing perspective. GOP Rep. Rogers, for one, appeared pleased:
http://twitter.com/#!/TaxNotesHill/status/341642244002033664
http://twitter.com/#!/mpoindc/status/341642154881458177
But are Werfel’s statements genuine? Some people can’t help but be skeptical:
http://twitter.com/#!/RichBaris/status/341643652977811456
http://twitter.com/#!/aa7ya/status/341660789310115840
Is Werfel someone we can put faith in to clean up the IRS?
http://twitter.com/#!/kerpen/status/341608833040388096
Hmmm.
