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.