James Rogan: “if a child molester, a bank robber or a mass murderer is hauled before the bar of justice, they are afforded the…”

“if a child molester, a bank robber or a mass murderer is hauled before the bar of justice, they are afforded the procedural presumption of ``innocent until proven guilty.'' It is painfully ironic that when an honest American taxpayer is hauled before the IRS for an audit, the presumption often works in just the opposite fashion: presumed guilty until proven innocent. Recently, the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, the distinguished gentleman from Texas, offered a proposal that would end this injustice: he proposed that taxpayers be given the same presumption the law affords criminals charged with a public offense. Unbelievably, White House spokesman responded to this proposal by saying it would undermine the ability of the IRS to collect all taxes that are legitimately owed. In response, columnist Joseph Sobran today hit the nail on the head. He wrote, ``the IRS is the last bastion of law and order, if you equate law and order with government vigilantism.''”