IRS Controversially Claims Hiring 87,000 New Agents Won't Mean Higher Audit Rate for the Middle Class
So why do Democrats keep equivocating on the point that households making under $400,000 may be targeted for more audits by an expanded IRS?
So why do Democrats keep equivocating on the point that households making under $400,000 may be targeted for more audits by an expanded IRS?
Steve Adler attended his daughter's 20-person wedding and then traveled with out-of-state family and friends.
We're expected to suffer discomfort, economic pain, and emotional distress or else pay fines or serve jail time. Government officials, meanwhile, take offense when called out for violating the standards they created.
The decision will make it harder for government employees to abuse and milk the state’s retirement systems.
For all their harrumphing about the evils of corporate influence-peddling, left-wing demagogues are willfully blind to the biggest influence-seekers in state and federal capitols.
They're the latest to plead guilty in the Mississippi Department of Corrections bribing scheme.
The city admitted its mistake after collecting the fines.
Audits dating back to 2003 highlight a culture of mismanagement and misconduct.
Elected officials must be mindful that their indiscretions can have very public consequences.
First it failed to prepare for a snowstorm. Then it overprepared.
Plus: lawmakers move to allow headscarves on the Hill and private landlords protect from lead better than city Health Department.
A sheriff in Etowah County purchased a $740,000 beach house with money intended to feed inmates.
In 2018 alone, the Laredo sector has seen an admitted serial killer, an agent accused of killing his own kid, and the controversial shooting a 19-year-old.
Interestingly enough, State Rep. Nick Sauer cosponsored an an ethics and sexual harassment bill during his short two years in office.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Kenneth Richard Devore used his position to list himself as the sole beneficiary to a disabled veteran's assets. Then he got another federal job.
The move comes after a state rep used it to get out of a speeding ticket.
Lots of government officials enjoy legal immunity with a wink and a nod. But in Arizona, immunity is actually official.
Video: State Rep. Paul Mosley tells a deputy that he's above the law.
Can't get work? Trim hedges for the government!
The Supreme Court hears a case that might crush government unions. The unions are upset. Stossel debates a union official.
The classic Hawaiian-themed song 'Mele Kalikimaka' gets a government makeover.
DOJ argues workers are being forced to subsidize political positions with which they may disagree.
His colleagues having escaped consequences again and again, Special Agent W. Joseph Astarita might be asking why he's been singled out.
From storm coverage to the deep state, many in the media display a pro-government bias.
Argument that 'recognizing' relationship doesn't mandate spousal benefits.
The civilian bureaucracy voted overwhelmingly against Donald Trump. These people can make a lot of trouble for the next president in a lot of ways.
Reupholstering the deck chairs on a sinking ship
Ruling says state law doesn't have to accommodate spiking.
The Government Accountability Office wonders if "a cultural shift might be needed" on employee evaluations.
Out: Nothing so permanent as a temporary government program. In: Nothing so permanent as a job in which you oversee fake waiting lists that lead to deaths.
Those who call for aid shouldn't ignore where the territory's money actually went.
If the program is so good, shouldn't government workers be included, too?
How public unions are driving another economic bubble.
Legislators hurry to act before the alarm bells can be rung.
A toxic work environment, unaccountable staff, and managers focused on microwaves and uniforms.
Sometimes you need more than just the law and policy on your side.
The Supreme Court hears Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association.
Can the government compel non-members to pay mandatory union fees?
Pay freeze over, for government types anyway.
One focuses on limiting taxpayer liability; the other gives voters more say.
Proponents trying to get past problems with how A.G. Harris officially summarizes proposal.
The Kentucky county clerk can't use the force of law to further her religious beliefs, but incarceration should be a last resort.
She's still working for the federal agency, obviously.
Casts attempts to give voters control over future benefits as stripping 'constitutional protections.'
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