auditcongress.com

Richard Combs (Combs Spouts Off) was kind enough to post about AuditCongress.com this week. Reading his post, it’s hard to imagine that many Americans feel any different than Richard:

It's come to my attention recently that we seem to have quite a few elected officials and appointees to high government office who forget to declare all their income or can't understand even the relatively simple parts of the tax code. Yet, when their past failings and "oversights" come to light, they usually suffer no consequences other than having to pay up — and usually without any penalties.

This state of affairs has at least two deleterious consequences: 

• It breeds cynicism among the citizenry and undermines confidence in and commitment to the rule of law.
• It suggests that there are elected and appointed officials, possibly in sensitive positions, who may be susceptible to blackmail and extortion. 

Amen. We will have posts up on this very topic (“What Are the Dangers to Our Country from Tax Cheating Officials”), but Richard has the first word.  If you can, take the time to visit his site. His wry sense of humor is often evident in his postings, including this gem where he quotes John Caldara:

Not making this up: I saw it with my own eyes, in my home town of Boulder, two bumper stickers, one on each side of the same bumper - "Save the rain forest" and "Split wood not atoms." And people wonder why I live there. 

Visit Richard’s site.  It’s worth your time.

Dan Murphy