I am not outraged

A little bit ago, the popularity of the IRS went down even more.  It was reported - widely and with vigor - that the agency that collects taxes targeted a particular group of potentially tax-exempt groups unfairly.  To boil that down some, that is Government singling out particular Americans.  That is one of the things that always gets my blood boiling, regardless of the target.  Government is a greater good organization, in my mind.  I don't believe that the government should be in the business of fixing my life personally, but I enjoy the fact that it functions to make all of our lives better by balancing the nature of other institutions, like business interests.  Blind justice and all that.  Anyway, this one made no sense to me and I have, until now, kept my mouth shut.

I've long understood the greater metro area of Cincinnati to be rather conservative.  And since the IRS is a professional organization and not a political one, I just kinda figured that the local hires would be Midwestern Conservatives.  At least a healthy portion of them would be, preventing the liberal subversives from hatching their master stroke.  So why would those Conservatives torpedo their own cause? 

Then, it was the silliness that got me.  TEA party groups cried about how they were singled out for something regarding taxes.  Again, the "Taxed Enough Already" party cried about taxes.  The stories in the news were little comedies.  The IRS had a rule - the 501(c)(3) - that allows groups to NOT pay taxes if they meet certain criteria.  Because it took too long to work, the TEA party cried out.  It sounded to my ears like this:
"Here child," said the parent, "here's exactly what you want, but you have to wait for it."
"NO," cried the brat, "I WANT IT NOW!" 

So it all smelled like the sort of thing that blows up and doesn't work out the way the brats intended.  I was on the right side of quiet.  Most of the "reputable" news outlets now seem to report that it wasn't that way at all.  And further, there appears room for inquiry into why the original inspection of the complaint was allowed to focus only on right-wing parties.  Regardless, I wasn't outraged.

Except, of course, everything else still existed.  Like the fact that we allow for 49% Political operations to be as tax-exempt as religious day-cares, veteran outreach groups, and homes for abused women.  Or that this story was pushed off of the front pages by a Southern woman that cooks and uses offensive language.  I'm no flat-taxer, but the "complexity" of the tax code starts right here with these groups - left and right alike.  Elections shouldn't be wars of attrition, anyway.  Let's just give PBS a few extra million dollars, let them host debates between all candidates for all elections, and leave it at that.  We'd free up all of that capital to create jobs! The billion dollars spent on the last presidential election alone would have been 20,000 jobs at $50,000 each.  Before taxes.  

I guess I was outraged...