No matter how he tries to spin it most Americans might have a problem awarding bonus payments to the IRS.
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew not only defended the granting of bonuses to IRS employees Wednesday before the Senate Finance committee, he said there was not a proper level of funding for the agency to “do everything that we really need them to do.”
Under questioning from Sen. John Thune (R., S.D.) over the agency’s targeting of conservative groups and concern that employees involved were still granted bonuses, Lew said there were no signs of political interference in any of his department’s reviews.
It’s little things like this that make Senator Ted Cruz’ call to abolish the IRS so popular!
Source: Washington Free Beacon
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they deserve some jail time more than bonus
The OLD “UNFRIENDLY” IRS did get bonuses for imposing higher fines and interest. Which sent many hard working citizens to the poor house, What an Ass hole
Every damn one of them deserves a bonus. Bonus defined by being arrested and lined up for the firing squad.
The people that are physically working their hardest at minimum wage jobs are the real people that need raises. The people that work to feed or supply our country with things we need to survive. Not to people who are already better off and just sit on their duffs and flip coins to see which people of our country are going to get benefits and larger budgets as apposed to the communities that could use the money to make ends meet. I’m on disability and my husband drives a school bus for the mentally handicapped children and our income together is over the poverty level by $6000 a year. We gross around $2300 a month and are struggling. Now after checking out “Obama Care” my husbands best plan costs $145 a month for just him. That is $1700 a year not planned in our budget. Let the government employees take the sting for a chance and give more to the hard working citizens of our nation!
You do not pay bonuses to thieves and outlaws.
Well said, Art !
Why in the hell are employees of the government getting bonuses? They already get more than the average American and they do far less work than an unemployed American. If they don’t like the salary they get, quite and get a real job.
Don’t think much of this idea !!!!!!
Did anyone ask me if they could get raised? That’s my money; along with 350,000,000 plus other people!