Avenging Angel's UBS, the IRS and Phil Gramm is a must-read diary. It describes Phil Gramm's complicity in knee-capping the IRS' ability to collect taxes, especially from the über-wealthy. It has a time-line leading up to Gramm's tenure at UBS, and the creation of the phony Swiss bank accounts there that were used to avoid paying taxes.
The amount of $300 billion dollars in owed taxes has been bandied about, in reference to the UBS case, but PiRierran also posted a diary earlier today about the UBS numbers that questions that amount, and calculates that it is way too low: Regressive tax rate travesty hidden in UBS story: (U2)
PiRierran implies that the IRS is covering up for UBS/Phil Gramm (?), and gives background on the numbers.
There was also a diary earlier about the Army covering up for KBR's failure to notify soldiers that they were exposed to hexavalent chromium in Iraq.
These would appear to be cases of 'burrowers' that need to be rooted out of our government.
Another diary worth reading is Iowa National Guard To Train For Gun Confiscation
Please go read Avenging Angel's UBS, the IRS and Phil Gramm, and let's get this visible for those who only have time to check the Rec list.