MyDD: IRS Politicized?

by Matt Stoller

I've read Perfectly Legal, so it would not surprise me in the least if the IRS were completely politicized. And lo and behold, the News Tribune reports:

As it hunted down tax scofflaws, the Internal Revenue Service collected information on the political party affiliations of taxpayers in 20 states.

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., a member of an appropriations subcommittee with jurisdiction over the IRS, said the practice was an "outrageous violation of the public trust" that could undermine the agency's credibility.