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jqm on May 3, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Rules Change on I.R.S. Seizures, Too Late for Some

A few criminal prosecutions for abuse of office and forfeiture of pensions would do even more. But you are right. Many government bureaucrats feel completely unaccountable to the populace, and this needs to change.

fennecfoxen on May 4, 2015 [–]

"Your client needs to resolve this or litigate it," Mr. West wrote. "But publicity about it doesn’t help. It just ratchets up feelings in the agency."

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