Darrell Issa’s Witchhunt Caused 150 IRS Employees to Work 70,000 Hours

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Now this is what I call fiscally responsible.

Darrell Issa’s Witchhunt Caused 150 IRS Employees to Work 70,000 Hours
By: Sarah Jones
Tuesday, February, 11th, 2014, 12:46 pm


Democrats are on the offensive after discovering that Darrell Issa’s committee withheld vital information in order to perpetrate the IRS scandal that held the press captive over the 2013 summer until it fell apart when the full evidence was demanded and finally produced. For example, they’ve demanded a reconciliation of the costs of the IRS witch hunt. They’ve filed charges.

In remarks prepared for his opening statement, Ways and Means Committee ranking member Representative Sander Levin (D-MI) called Republicans out for their utter waste of government resources and taxpayer money. He noted, “150 IRS employees have worked 70,000 hours – time taken away from taxpayer services – to accommodate the ongoing requests for information from congressional investigators.”

Levin laid out the intricate time suck Republicans charged the taxpayers for, “More than 500,000 pages of IRS documents have been turned over to congressional committees. Five dozen interviews of current and former IRS employees have taken place. Lawmakers at fifteen congressional hearings have questioned IRS officials.”

The total man-hours for the IRS alone? “In all, more than 150 IRS employees have worked 70,000 hours – time taken away from taxpayer services – to accommodate the ongoing requests for information from congressional investigators.”

To what avail? “And yet, there’s been absolutely no evidence of any corruption unearthed. Not a single piece of evidence showing any political motivation. Nothing showing any involvement outside the IRS.” Oh, so nothing. That’s 70,000 public sector work hours that taxpayers paid for. 150 public sector workers (the same people Republicans are demonizing and accusing of not being worth any money).

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http://www.politicususa.com/2014/02/11/republican-witch-hunt-man-hours-150-irs-employees-worked-70000-hours.html

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