Treasury to Investigate Press Releases

[True_Blue]

WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department (news - web sites)'s inspector general will review a batch of tax-related press releases recently issued by the agency, which Democrats alleged raised issues of improper politicking.

"What we are going to do is develop the facts and once we know what the facts are we can determine whether there was anything improper," Richard Delmar, counsel in the Treasury Department's Office of Inspector General, said Monday. "We are not going into this with any presumptions," he said.

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., asked the inspector general's office last week to look into the matter.

The inspector general already has an inquiry under way examining the department's decision last month to analyze tax proposals by John Kerry (news - web sites), the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. Delmar said his office's examination of the tax-related press releases will be part of that inquiry.
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[lapfog_1]

1. This misuse should get some TV air time

I love the definition, according to the proposed analysis, of the
"average hard working family" (i.e. those that make more than
$200,000 on a joint tax return). Simply amazing. Much like burger
flippers could be classified for jobs reports as "light manufacturing"!
The lengths that these assholes go to in an attempt to pull the wool
over John Q. Publics' eyes is just amazing. Orwell was off by 20 years.

[truthisfreedom]

2. investigating themselves, 'ey? HAH! that will work.

not.

[DeepModem Mom]

3. I'd forgotten this outrage -- there are so many...

it's hard to keep track.

[maddezmom]

4. lots of stuff slips under the radar lately

thank god for DU, or I'd never keep up. :)