IRS To Taxpayers: Deal With Red Tape Yourselves

Even as the tax code gets more and more complicated and screws more and more people, the IRS today announced it was closing 68 taxpayer assistance centers that exist to help ordinary citizens. These cutbacks comes at a time the IRS is increasing audits of the working poor, many of whom might need the assistance these offices provide. But then, we shouldn't be surprised. If you are a blueblood like George W. Bush, you never had to worry about filling out your own taxes or needing assistance from the IRS because your taxes were done for you by some expert accountant.