Examiner Editorial: Hated IRS ends its most popular program

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Let’s be honest: The Internal Revenue Service is nobody’s favorite government agency. But as much pain as the IRS dishes out every year, it does at least provide other useful services. It also collects massive amounts of data that, after being scrubbed of any personal information, can be very useful to policymakers and concerned citizens.

Unfortunately, it appears that the IRS has decided to end one of its best data programs.

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