More tax hypocrasy
I while back I made note of the difference between statutory law and procedural law. Statutory law sets the standard we must adhere to. Procedural law sets the method of enforcement. I raised the issue in connection with race-blinding law, which is only applied to the procedural side of the law (it already being part of the statutory aspect) and as such actually prevents enforcement of the statutes…you can't prevent or respond to that which you're not allowed to keep track of.
Since it worked SO well in attacking civil rights policy, it appears it's been decided to apply a similar technique to taxation policy. I think Greenspan plays the role of "sell-out negro".
Bush Request for IRS Not Enough, Report Says
President's Agency Oversight Board Calls for an Additional $530 Million
By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 30, 2004; Page E01
President Bush's 2005 budget request for the Internal Revenue Service would seriously shortchange the agency's tax collection activities, leaving a half-million delinquent tax accounts uncollected, 15 million service calls unanswered and nearly 46,000 audits unscheduled, according to the president's own IRS oversight board.
A strongly worded special report, to be released today, says Bush's $10.7 billion budget for the IRS falls at least $230 million short of the agency's immediate needs and fails to match the administration's tough talk on tax law enforcement. The president requested a 4.6 percent boost to the IRS's budget, but the board says much of that will be swallowed by pay increases and other costs unconnected to tax collection.
