On Tax Day 2026, remember that the IRS was unleashed long ago. Here’s a piece of mine published on April 14, 1994 – Wall Street Journal -The Growing IRS Dictatorship By James Bovard A Gallup Poll released last week found that two-thirds of Americans believe that the Internal Revenue Service abuses its power. Yet few […]
As long as people are getting screwed on Income Tax Day, here’s a flashback to one of my favorite Playboy articles from 30 years ago. (Article text below images) Playboy, April, 1996 HEADLINE: Stand and deliver: the Internal Revenue Service has its own ideas on how to deal with critics.The Playboy Forum BYLINE: Bovard, James You […]
One Hundred Years of IRS Political Targeting by James Bovard, April 15, 2024 One hundred years ago, Senator James Couzens, a Michigan Republican, took to the Senate floor to denounce the Bureau of Internal Revenue for abusing its power and trampling innocent taxpayers. Couzens launched a sweeping Senate investigation of federal tax collectors. One year […]
New York Post, August 29, 2022 The establishment’s IRS whitewashing will leave more taxpayers in the lurch By James Bovard The Internal Revenue Service is perhaps Washington’s ultimate sacred cow. It is the “goose that lays the golden eggs” for the city’s power and prestige, delivering trillions of dollars to allow politicians to work miracles […]
Jim
Glad you liked the piece. Sure, link away. Jim
Jack
Jim:
Saw your post about this on X. Agree with
