“ … for lavish conference spending, plastic fish”
“Top Internal Revenue Service officials on Thursday struggled to explain to congressional lawmakers why the agency spent $64,000 on plastic squirting fish and other ‘swag bag’ trinkets during an over-the-top employee conference that cost taxpayers $4.1 million.”
Faris Fink, small-business commissioner, got a $2,000 bonus for planning the conference. So did two other managers.
The story says Fink apologized, but some key words are missing in the story: “I’m sorry. I was wrong. I apologize to every American taxpayer. I will resign.”
http://washingtonexaminer.com/irs-apologizes-for-lavish-conference-spending-plastic-fish/article/2531349
“… for targeting Tea Party groups.”
“That was absolutely incorrect, it was insensitive and it was inappropriate. … The IRS would like to apologize for that."
Again, no “I’m sorry. I was wrong. I apologize to every American taxpayer. I will resign.”
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/irs-apologizes-targeting-conservative-groups
The whole Tea Party thing was caused by rogue or overzealous agents at the Cincinnati office. Except it wasn’t. And 88 agents were involved. That many people working the same way, somebody higher up is supervising.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.