Posted on 08/21/2015 12:39:02 PM PDT by Kaslin
Forget about the stonewalling IRS Commissioner John Koskinen engaged in regarding the Lois Lerner emails; the lackluster attempt to find such emails; and the erasure of back-up tapes that contained 24,000 emails from Lerner which were under subpoena. Today, we honor John Koskinen for being quite the oinker when it comes to government spending (how am I not surprised?). That’s why Citizens Against Government Waste named him the Porker of the Month:
The ceaseless refrain from Commissioner Koskinen when criticized is to blame congressional budget cuts for IRS failures. This response rings hollow in the face of the IRS spending $4.3 million on public opinion polling in 2014 and nearly $4 million on office furniture. On May 5, 2015, TIGTA [Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration] investigators found that the IRS issued $5.6 billion in potentially phony education tax credits in 2014 alone. The growing epidemic of Stolen Identity Refund Fraud allowed $5.8 billion to be paid out to fraudulent filers in 2013. A TIGTA report on April 14, 2015 found 1,580 IRS employees willfully did not pay taxes, and 18,300 who unintentionally did not pay. Even worse, 108 of those employees received bonuses totaling nearly $145,000. Despite all of this evidence that his agency is inept or worse, Commissioner Koskinen refused to allow bonuses in the IRS to be cut from 2014 to 2015.
I think CAGW made the right call with this one. Congratulations, Mr. Koskinen. It’s much deserved.
Lois Lerner was the Director of the Exempt Organizations for the IRS, and was accused of politically targeting conservative groups filing for non-profit status.
This is one jackass that belongs in prison.
He sure does, along with Lois Lerner
If the GOP doesn’t have the guts to impeach Obama, why not try one of his partners in crime? Koskinen would be a great candidate for impeachment. Force the Dems to defend Koskinen antics going into an election year. The public does not like the IRS.
He has to be one of the most smug and dishonest looking people I’ve ever seen. I’ve thought that since I first saw him and before he ever even spoke. Unfortunately, that’s why he has the job.
Most of us suspect the GOP loves Koskinen
Billy Jeff was impeached and he stayed
Read my post# 8
Read my post in #9, not 8
Why hasn’t this Smug POS been charged with Contempt of Congress?
The GOP were probably complicit with the IRS in refusing 301(c) status to Tea Party groups.
I remember watching him way back when the scandal first appeared.
His smirk and smile,implying the entire thing was quite humorous for those who know better,drove me nuts.
I wanted to smack him.
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Me too.
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