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The comeuppance and reforms the IRS needs

By Washington Examiner
Published January 18, 2016 5:03am ET
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The comeuppance and reforms the IRS needs
Beyond the inefficiency of the tax system, the IRS has betrayed the country and people it's meant to serve. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) | Andrew Harnik

In November, the Pew Research Center asked the public for their opinions of 17 federal agencies and departments. Just two were viewed unfavorably by a majority of respondents: the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Internal Revenue Service.

The former has long been plagued for scandal because it has sloughed of its proper duties and left military veterans to die without care. But the public has even less confidence in the latter agency, the IRS, which a March 2015 poll found was trusted by fewer than one in every three people.

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