“However accurate or inaccurate the agency’s numbers may be, tax law explicitly presumes that the IRS is always right -- and implicitly presumes that the taxpayer is always wrong -- in any dispute with the government. In many cases, the IRS introduces no evidence whatsoever of its charges; it merely asserts that a taxpayer had a certain amount of unreported income and therefore owes a proportionate amount in taxes, plus interest and penalties.”

The tax code is an elaborate license to steal.

And if the Obamanites have their way, the IRS will be the intermediary between you and your health care -- what will they presume next?

"tax law" is a misnomer. More accurate is tyranny by plunder or enslavement by gun. "Assertion" is the key word. I've mentioned an accountant acquaintance before. He was originally charged with violating a non-existent statute and then convicted on arguments of fraud. It was said that he defrauded the government because without his expertise, his clients would have paid far more taxes.

And people comply to this voluntarily...