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Jeff Duncan: a few days ago a front page story in the Washington Times reported that IRS employees used about half their on- line…

On the recordMay 24, 2001
a few days ago a front page story in the Washington Times reported that IRS employees used about half their on- line time at work to visit sex sites, gamble, trade stocks and visit chat rooms. I know that people say it is dangerous to criticize the IRS, but this is ridiculous. This article by the Scripps Howard News Service did not come from some enemy of the IRS. This report came from the office of the IRS's own inspector general. No wonder we read that almost half the advice the IRS itself gives out is wrong. There is no good reason why our Federal Tax Code should be nearly as complicated, convoluted and confusing as it is. For years, liberal elitists have cried, take the politics out of everything, and the people have lost control over their own government. Federal bureaucrats know they can get away with almost anything, but Federal employees who use work computers to visit sex sites, gamble, trade stocks and visit chat rooms are underworked, overpaid and should be fired.
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Jeff Duncan
Republican · South Carolina

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Addressing IRS employee misconduct and the complexity of the Federal Tax Code.

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