Actually, you seem to be the only one defending the IRS on this thread so far.
My daughters best friend is really smart (book smart, that is). She became an IRS agent out of college a few years ago. She was fairly quickly promoted to a position where she is one of the ones that shows up at a business to enforce a search warrant and confiscation of records.
Intersting thing is that part of her training was done on a firing range. She wears a kevlar vest and carries a handgun to her “appointments”.
Who's defending the IRS? Not me.
I pointed out that Cryer (and every other moron who has won based on a "Cheek" defense, that is, I really, really didn't think I had to file) still owes every penny of tax, penalty and interest. They avoided prison, not their tax liability.
What's your point?
Are you a TP, too?