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Title: Unbridled Power: Inside the Secret Culture of the IRS by Shelley L. Davis, Jocelyn Herbert ISBN: 0-694-51780-1 Publisher: HarperAudio Pub. Date: April, 1997 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.7 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The most feared government agency? If so, with good reason.
Comment: Before I read this book, I assumed that it was the story of a single individual's plight inside of the IRS. I thought it could be a questionable account, perhaps based on unsubstantiable facts. In fact, the book's subject matter is much broader than only Shelley Davis' experience. Ms. Davis, in true historical form, describes as reality an organization that should only exist in the minds of science-fiction writers. Even if only a fraction of her allegations are true, this work represents an irrecoverably scathing indictment on an admittedly powerful government agency. Although she never makes the connection, she paints a picture of official organized crime, a government body out of control, operating in the underworld of power and intimidation, where the law is openly despised. It is clear that the IRS requires immediate and extensive reform, in order that it might be made accountable to the people of the United States
Rating: 4
Summary: A must read for anyone with an interest in the IRS
Comment: Shelly Davis has written a book that reveals some of the internal workings of the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS as revealed by Davis is a corrupt, paranoid organization that goes to more trouble to cover up its own failings and illegal activities than it expends doing its legitimate job. Davis shows that the law is no barrier to IRS proceedings. In particular she describes the IRS repeated and apparently systematic efforts to conceal its operations by destroying internal records in violation of the Federal Records Act. Davis writes in a straightforward narrative style suitable for an account of bureaucratic bumbling by one of the nations most important governmental agencies. If you have had an interest in the Internal Revenue Service, tax problms or an interest in how bureaucracies work this book is essential reading.
Rating: 3
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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.
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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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