IRS needs a good housecleaning

From the editorial page of The Pottstown Mercury:

THORNS to the Internal Revenue Service for plans to hand out millions of dollars in employee bonuses even though the administration has ordered bonuses curtailed because of spending cuts. The IRS is preparing to pay $70 million in employee bonuses claiming legal obligations under a union contract. Sen. Chuck Grassley says the bonuses should have been canceled under an April directive from the White House budget office. This comes on top of recent revelations about IRS exorbitant spending on conference stays for employees in luxury hotel suites. And, that came after it was revealed agents had improperly targeted conservative groups for scrutiny regarding tax-exempt status. It seems pretty clear that the IRS is the agency that needs some extra scrutiny and a good housecleaning. 

Roses for Sandy fundraiser; thorns for IRS bonuses