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The IRS Has 99 Problems But Obamacare Ain’t One

Posted on by Adrienne Gonzalez

We no longer run a daily "quote of the day" over here at GC, but if we did, these thoughts from former acting IRS commissioner Danny Werfel would certainly be in the running.

POLITICO got to pick his brain recently and while he refused to answer any questions about that Lois Lerner chick and how Ways and Means is in his business like white on rice, he did have some thoughts on how Obamacare is quickly becoming the best thing to happen to the IRS since the 16th Amendment:

But there was one area that Werfel said the IRS deserves praise for: Obamacare. The agency has so far avoided any real criticism for the rollout of the 2010 health care law — a status Werfel credited to its technology prep. “Information technology, at this point in time, is a significant strength for the IRS. The chief technology officer over there [has] a shop that is top-notch, I was extremely impressed with what the technology folks over at the IRS are able to accomplish. The launch of the IT solutions went very smoothly, it was not without hard work. The final months leading up to October…what I saw was a very effective technology team,” he said.

So let me make sure I read that correctly. We are in the very early stages of Obamacare's rollout and the guy who ran the show at the IRS for 7 months while the IRS was embroiled in a political scandal thinks Obamacare is one of the IRS' greatest victories?

Cool story, bro.

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All this resentment of the IRS has got to stop. It’s counter-productive, cowardly and most of all, annoying. The gang at Boulder, Colorado-based Webroot understands that you shoo away more IRS flies with honey than with vinegar, so they’ve made a simple suggestion: “This tax season get on the IRS’s good side.”

How does one do that, you ask? Well, Webroot has given you three options to show some love:


1. Send a flower to Doug Shulman – Behind that rough exterior, The Commish is a softee. Sign up for this option and a flower will be added to the bouquet and your name included on a card that will accompany warm his bureaucratic heart. You do have the option of donating a flower anonymously if you’re still not sure Dougie is nothing but a taxborg that gets plugged in every evening.

2. Pro-IRS Stamps – Don’t you just love it when you get unique stamps in the mail? Imagine how good you would feel if the stamp had a tattoo heart with your name in the middle of it. I’ll bet the IRS would like it if you used one to mail in your tax return. Those “Forever” stamps are boring anyway.

3. Like the IRS on Facebook – Seriously, people. Is there a better way to show your appreciation? Besides, I’ve seen what some of you ‘Like’ on FB and quite honestly, it’s far more embarrassing than liking the IRS.