The IRS Won’t Be Apologizing Any Time Soon

Abusive government practices haven’t gone away.

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The Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, March 22, 2013. Photo: Susan Walsh/Associated Press

What’s worse than the “Bill Haus” incident (“The IRS Makes Another House Call,” Review & Outlook, June 17) is that it is nothing new. Fifty years ago, I arrived home to my apartment on a Friday evening and found an Internal Revenue Service card stuck in my door. It said I wasn’t at home when the agent had called, and it was “imperative” that I call the agent on Monday, between 9 a.m. and noon.

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