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Title: Unbridled Power: Inside the Secret Culture of the IRS by Shelley L. Davis, Mary Matalin ISBN: 0-88730-829-5 Publisher: HarperBusiness Pub. Date: March, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.7 (10 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: No New Information
Comment: Unbridled Power is the inside story of the supposedly unlawful practices occurring within the IRS. It is written by Shelley Davis, a former historian with the IRS. Ms. Davis was hired to give an account of IRS activity for posterity's sake. When she began to uncover certain illegal or unethical practices that were happening at the IRS, she became a bit of an outcast.
Most of the activities that she exposes deal with the treatment of IRS employees who have become whistle blowers. Apparently the IRS has a wall much like the police blue wall.
Many of the accusations that Ms. Davis makes are neither unknown nor shocking. Most Americans have come to accept, with or without proof, the bad behavior of the IRS. If you have buried your head in the sand for the last 40 years, then this book may help to enlighten you regarding the abusive nature of our government's tax collecting agency. If you are familiar with the agency, or have been a victim of it, this book will only tell you of specific cases that you may not have been aware of.
Rating: 3
Summary: Nothing New
Comment: Unbridled Power is a book written by an IRS insider which seeks to expose the evil inner workings of the IRS. The book does document a few cases of abuse of power or outright illegal activity by members of the IRS; but, these cases are generally known by the public. Most Americans have suspected this kind of behavior was occurring at the IRS for years. There were not any great exposes on criminality at the IRS or on criminial behavior being an ingrained culture at the IRS.
What we get instead is the picture of a typical government agency. The lifetime beauracrats are corrupt and the temporary political apointees designated to clean up the mess do not have the spine to stand up to a girl scout. What this book really does is argue the case for a renewal of the spoils system which was prevalent in the early years of the republic. Instead of having lifetime beauracrats separating themselves from the masses, the positions would be up for grabs after each new president is elected. This may reduce the creation of the out of touch government employee.
All in all, it was not a book that really brought anything new to the table. I must commend Ms. Davis for her courage in stepping forward and speaking out against the IRS. Too many of her fellow beauracrats have been too content to turn their head so as not to ruin their future prospects of advancement.
Rating: 5
Summary: A must read... a great case for abolishment of the IRS
Comment: This is not some lunatic fringe wacko attacking the government, but someone who truly wanted to work to improve the IRS. The reports of serious lack of morals or ethics by hign ranking government employees was scary. The highest praise I can give this book is that it reads like a true history... documented and detailed... trying to be objective even when the IRS turned on her. In the end, you realize that the only 'reform' possible is to abolish the whole system.
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Title: For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization by Charles Adams ISBN: 1568332351 Publisher: Madison Books Pub. Date: 15 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Power to Destroy: The Political Uses of the IRS from Kennedy to Nixon by John A. Andrew III, Lea Andrew Frandina ISBN: 1566634520 Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc. Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: If Americans Really Understood the Income Tax: Uncovering Our Most Expensive Ignorance by John O. Fox ISBN: 0813397952 Publisher: Westview Press Pub. Date: 15 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: What's Right : The New Conservative Majority and the Remaking of America by David Frum ISBN: 0465041981 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: July, 1997 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: To Renew America by Newt Gingrich ISBN: 006017336X Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: August, 1995 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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