Paul Caron’s Day By Day IRS Scandal Has Jumped The Shark – Conclusion
As I noted in Part I, I consider Paul Caron the dean of the tax blogosphere, so it seems rather arrogant of me to make suggestions about how he should run his blog, but as it happens, my blogging persona is kind of on the arrogant side. What I would like to see happen with the day by day IRS Scandal is some sort of boundary around what the scandal is which would result in quite a few days where there is nothing to report. We will continue to see flurries of activity for at least the next year or two as various pieces of litigation play out, but there might be more and more days with nothing to report. I think a policy like that would prevent the high quality of the series from being diluted. And of course, if Professor Caron were to do something like Day 900 All Quiet on The IRS Scandal Front, the commenters would be sure to point out anything he missed.
Paul Caron’s Day By Day IRS Scandal Has Jumped The Shark – Part 1
The numbering starts on Day 5 (May 14,2013) with a collection of posts including a video of President Obama throwing his purported minions under the bus. On Day 27, the precedent is set that will allow the scandal to continue indefinitely as a TIGTA report on conference spending becomes part of the narrative. The Treasury Inspector General For Tax Administration is one of the many Inspector Generals in the federal government. The thing about internal auditors is that if they don’t find something, they think they are not doing their job. Every TIGTA report will henceforth have a shot at becoming part of the scandal narrative.
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