re: #64 goddamnedfrank

You sure about that? You don’t find center by simply assuming both sides are equidistant from it. From an IRS agents perspective it makes a lot of sense to assume that people who are ideological opposed to paying taxes might try to abuse the tax code to that exact purpose.

This whole investigation and the administration’s responses to it are more about political pragmatism than principal. In a sane would what the IRS agents did would be called reasonable suspicion.

Yes, I’m sure about that. The IRS took its scrutiny to an extreme and unwarranted degree, for one. For two, the IRS IMO should not use use political beliefs as “reasonable suspicion” criteria, as that is not its job. It must be fair, even to those committed to its abolition.