IRS tracking political affiliation


Voters in 20 states had their party membership noted

This one is disturbing, no question.

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.

IRS officials acknowledged that party affiliation information was routinely collected by a vendor for several months. They told the vendor last month to screen the information out.

“The bottom line is that we have never used this information,” said John Lipold, an IRS spokesman. “There are strict laws in place that forbid it.”

Considering how much attention the IRS gives to little things like the Bill of Rights, somehow I doubt that a little thing like a law would stop them from using the information if it was there.

Hat tip Hammer of Truth.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Thu - January 12, 2006 at 04:32 AM  Tag


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