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THIS is the fallout of the IRS "scandal that wasn't":
http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/07/house-appropriators-slash-irs-budget-wake-scandal/66311/?oref=govexec_today_nlThis is, perhaps, the very most efficient way to "shrink the government down to the size it can be drowned in a bathtub". Cripple it's revenue collecting agency. If the IRS can't work, no money can be spent on anything that we need. No infrastructure, no healthcare, no NOTHING
House Appropriators Slash IRS Budget in Wake of Scandal
In a bid to help “prevent future IRS abuses,” the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday posted its draft of the fiscal 2014 financial services spending bill that includes a highly unusual 24 percent slashing of the budget for the scandal-tarnished Internal Revenue Service.
Released in preparation for a Wednesday markup, the $17 billion draft bill that covers the Treasury Department, White House, Small Business Administration, and Securities and Exchange Commission among others is $4.3 billion below the fiscal 2013 level.
The line item for the tax agency -- which for two months has come under investigation and angry criticism for mishandling applications for tax-exempt status and overspending at a 2010 conference -- would be $4 billion, or 30 percent, below the budget requested in April by President Obama.
“This bill right-sizes federal agencies and programs that are simply not working efficiently or effectively, while investing in programs that directly serve the American people,” said Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., in a news release. “From helping to prevent future inappropriate actions by the Internal Revenue Service, to encouraging small business growth, to halting wasteful or unnecessary government spending, the bill ensures that tax dollars are used wisely and where they are needed the most."
In a bid to help “prevent future IRS abuses,” the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday posted its draft of the fiscal 2014 financial services spending bill that includes a highly unusual 24 percent slashing of the budget for the scandal-tarnished Internal Revenue Service.
Released in preparation for a Wednesday markup, the $17 billion draft bill that covers the Treasury Department, White House, Small Business Administration, and Securities and Exchange Commission among others is $4.3 billion below the fiscal 2013 level.
The line item for the tax agency -- which for two months has come under investigation and angry criticism for mishandling applications for tax-exempt status and overspending at a 2010 conference -- would be $4 billion, or 30 percent, below the budget requested in April by President Obama.
“This bill right-sizes federal agencies and programs that are simply not working efficiently or effectively, while investing in programs that directly serve the American people,” said Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., in a news release. “From helping to prevent future inappropriate actions by the Internal Revenue Service, to encouraging small business growth, to halting wasteful or unnecessary government spending, the bill ensures that tax dollars are used wisely and where they are needed the most."
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