Todd Tiahrt: “the IRS wants to repent. They know they have been a little hard on Americans, but they are sorry and they will not do it…”

“the IRS wants to repent. They know they have been a little hard on Americans, but they are sorry and they will not do it anymore. The IRS is starting to begin to sound like campaign reform. It starts out, ``We did not do it. Nobody saw us. You cannot prove anything. We did not do it.'' Then the truth starts to become apparent and the excuses change. ``Ok, we might have had some problems but it was not wrong.'' Then it is, ``Yes, we did it but we will not do it anymore.'' That is about where the IRS is today. They have done something wrong. Quotas for their IRS agents, singling out individuals like Paula Jones, harassing small business men and women, striking fear across America. And some people like Martin Grimes of Wichita, an RV salesman, are just plain mad. In his last $3,500 check that he got for commission, $1,400 of it went directly to the IRS. Mr. Speaker, there are many good people who are working at the IRS who have been put in a very bad situation by their management. It is time to cut the IRS code and flatten the tax.”