TV was playing some democrat explaining that Civil Service regulations prevented the firing of IRS bureaucrats who targeted conservative groups. Unfortunately, he may not be lying. It's just about impossible to fire a federal GS type. Back in my Air Force days, you couldn't even speak harshly to them. I remember the base supply officer, a nice guy named Fleming Cheek, tried to fire a GS worker for stealing out of the warehouse. He couldn't do it.
Civil Service was invented in the 1880's to prevent newly elected politicians from laying everyone off and giving all the jobs to their supporters. Since 1880, Civil Service has been inventing regulations to protect its people from layoff, overtime, discipline, and any every attempt by management to get them to do some work. If management cannot fire the IRS offenders due to Civil Service red tape (which is management's story this morning), Congress ought to cut the red tape and throw the bums out.
The only way to prevent IRS from targeting taxpayers is to throw a serious scare into their little bureaucratic hearts. Firing forty or so bureaucrats over the targeting of the Teaparty is a good way to start.
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