May 24
What have we learned about the IRS this week?
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Writing in The Wall Street Journal, Peggy Noonan says:
So what did we learn the past week, and what are the essentials to keep in mind?
We learned the people who ran and run the IRS are not going to help Congress find out what happened in the IRS. We know we haven’t gotten near the bottom of the political corruption of that agency. We do not know who ordered the targeting of conservative groups and individuals, or why, or exactly when it began. We don’t know who executed the orders or directives. We do not know the full scope or extent of the scandal. We don’t know, for instance, how many applicants for tax-exempt status were abused.
via A Battering Ram Becomes a Stonewall – WSJ.com.
Noonan concludes:
Again, if what happened at the IRS is not stopped now—if the internal corruption within it is not broken—it will never stop, and never be broken. The American people will never again be able to have the slightest confidence in the revenue-gathering arm of their government. And that, actually, would be tragic.
But most of us already don’t trust the IRS. It’s time for them to go away. Seriously.
The IRS should be abolished and the Fair Tax implemented. It’s simple. It’s fair.
But it will only happen if we demand it.
May 24
365 Things I Believe: For My Soul
John Wesley had what he described as his “Aldersgate” exerpience on this day in 1738. Methodists recognize this day, or the preceding Sunday as “Aldersgate Day.”
In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther’s preface to the Epistle to the Romans. About a quarter before nine, while the leader was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ alone for salvation; and an assurance was given me that He had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death.
From The Journal of John Wesley, May 24, 1738
365 Things I Believe is a revisioning of a year long web project. I initially launched the blog 365 Things I Believe because I think there are important things I have to say. There are eternal truths that are non-debatable, although I realize they’re not universally accepted.
So for a year I did a daily post of one thing I believe to be an indisputable truth. I’m relaunching here at The Write Side of My Brain and will continue through the next year to re-post (mostly) from the original project.
This time graphics and commentary are included. You can buy today’s print here.
May 23
365 Things I Believe: Too Late?
Author, journalist and screenwriter (among other talents) Mitch Albom, was born on this day in 1958.
365 Things I Believe is a revisioning of a year long web project. I initially launched the blog 365 Things I Believe because I think there are important things I have to say. There are eternal truths that are non-debatable, although I realize they’re not universally accepted.
So for a year I did a daily post of one thing I believe to be an indisputable truth. I’m relaunching here at The Write Side of My Brain and will continue through the next year to re-post (mostly) from the original project.
This time graphics and commentary are included. You can buy today’s print here.
May 23
People we love: Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary Clooney was born on this day in 1928 (died June 29, 2002).
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