Sens. Mike Enzi, Richard Burr: Let's set some real consequences for bad behavior at the IRS

Every parent knows it’s important for children to learn that their actions have consequences. We teach our kids there is a price to pay for misbehaving or willfully breaking the rules, whether it’s a timeout for playing catch indoors or a grounding for breaking curfew. These experiences are about much more than the infraction itself. They are about instilling in children the sense of responsibility they will need someday as adults living in the “real world.”

Unless, of course, they grow up to work at the Internal Revenue Service, where employees continue to face little or no consequences for egregious misconduct.