In honor of the House Republican's
farcical "Stop Government Abuse" week, let us pause for a moment and appreciate the work that two Democrats have done to expose
the real taxpayer abuse scandal involving the IRS:
This morning, Reps. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the Ranking Members of the House Ways and Means Committee and Oversight and Government Reform Committee, respectively, issued a document intended to put a price tag on the GOP’s efforts. Based on the IRS’s own review, the investigation has cost $14 million. [...]
As of this week, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen also concluded that 255 agency employees have logged almost 100,000 hours in accommodating congressional inquiries in this matter.
At no point has anyone inside or outside the Republican Party turned up any evidence that suggests any sort of politically motivated conspiracy to target conservative groups at the exclusion of others, yet House Government Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa insists on pushing ahead with a his political grandstanding. Today, he's
having yet another hearing on the subject, even though there's literally no new evidence that bolsters his case. He says it's to protect the taxpayers from getting screwed by the IRS, but the reality is that it's a waste of time and money, and to the extent the taxpayers are getting screwed, he's the one responsible.