If the IRS has lost all of the potentially incriminating testimony that Congress has subpoenaed, are we to believe that this is all they have lost, or do they in fact lose volumes of data right and left? If their data retention problem is so very severe, how do they even continue to function as an agency?

The IRS has not only forgotten that it answers to the People of the United States, but is now feigning a criminal level of incompetence to cover up its wrongdoing, all the while seeking to permanently establish its corrupt practices.

In the words of Becky Gerritson in her testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee:

We are patriotic Americans.  We peacefully assemble.  We petition our government.  We exercise our right to free speech and we don’t understand why our government tried to stop us.  We aren’t here as serfs or vassals.  We’re not begging our lords for mercy.  We are born free American citizens and we’re telling our government that you’ve forgotten your place.  It’s not your responsibility to look out for our well being and monitor our speech.  It’s not your right to assert an agenda.  The post that you occupy exists to preserve American liberty.  You’ve sworn to perform that duty and you have faltered.

There is bipartisan agreement that what the IRS has done is wrong.  Having a corrupt and fraudulent IRS benefits nobody and has directly harmed at least one organization with which I am personally affiliated.

Thank God, this country is still free, and I intend to shine as much light as necessary on the corruption to protect that freedom.  If you think the IRS needs to be independently audited, you can sign this petition.

Mister President, please help us out with that transparency that you promised, and please take another look to see if per chance you do detect a little smidgen of corruption in your administration.  If you take the high road, your administration won’t have to resort to underhanded tactics.