http://abesturn.com/2008/11/17/new-irs-snooping-powers-sneaked-bailout-bill Comments for "New IRS Snooping Powers Sneaked into the Bailout Bill" en http://abesturn.com/2008/11/17/new-irs-snooping-powers-sneaked-bailout-bill <p>You may not have realized it, but buried in Sections 401 and 402 of Division C in H.R. 1424 (the bailout bill) are provisions giving the IRS the power to:</p> <ul> <li>set up undercover operations to entrap unsuspecting taxpayers, and</li> <li>release confidential tax returns to law enforcement and intelligence agencies</li> </ul> <p>DownsizeDC has been running a campaign to <a href="http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/guess-what-else-is-in-the-bailout-bill">reduce the chance that crap like this will happen in the future</a>.</p> <p>-TimK<!--break--></p> http://abesturn.com/2008/11/17/new-irs-snooping-powers-sneaked-bailout-bill#comments DownsizeDC privacy Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:00:00 -0800 TimK 114 at http://abesturn.com