President Obama has made it a second-term priority to close Guantanamo Bay prison, but comedian Jay Leno has better advice: close the IRS.
During his opening monologue on Monday’s show, the ‘The Tonight Show’ host jabbed at the IRS, an agency that has recently been plagued by scandal.
“President Obama says he’s renewing his efforts to close Guantanamo Bay,” ” Leno said. “Guantanamo Bay? How about closing the IRS? Why don’t we do that? How about shipping the IRS to Guantanamo Bay?”
Leno also took aim at the agency for its outrageous spending, much of it taxpayer-funded. A new inspector general report has found that the IRS spent almost $50 million on employee conferences and retreats in the last two years, the Associated Press reported.
“They would have investigated that sooner, but they don’t belong to any conservative groups,” Leno said.
Leno also poked fun at the Washington Redskins controversy.
Members of Congress have sent letters to the owner of the football team asking him to change the name because it’s offensive to Native Americans.
“You really want to make it less offensive?” Leno said, “Take out the name ‘Washington.’”
Leno also mentioned that actor Steven Seagal is now meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to potentially lead the marketing campaign for Russia’s weapon industry.
This isn’t the first time celebrities have been involved in foreign policy. Earlier in May, Dennis Rodman announced that he was returning to North Korea to talk to Kim Jong-un about getting a U.S. citizen released from prison.
“Is this what American foreign policy has come down to now?” Leno asked. “Dennis Rodman’s in North Korea, Steven Seagal is in Russia. What’s next? Are we air dropping Gary Busey into Syria? Maybe Snooki goes to Iraq?”
Watch Leno’s monologue below.
