Internal Revenue Service

Open Email to Sen. Cruz (TX):

Dear Sen. Cruz,
I have read your form letter on the abuses of the Internal Revenue Service.
You are concerned that the IRS has apparently shown political favoritism by making it more difficult for some possibly conservative organizations to obtain tax-free status as charity organizations.
You have suggested that you scrap the current tax code and abolish the IRS. Meanwhile, you must uncover the full extent of abuse and hold accountable those who have violated our sacred liberties
The IRS is a Bureau of the Treasury Department, with the Treasury Secretary reporting to Pres. Obama. Therefore, Pres. Obama controls the IRS. If the President, gives orders to the Treasury Secretary, to pass to the IRS Bureau Commissioner, that IRS operations must show tax-free status only to those organizations which show a liberal bias, the IRS is obligated to do so. Therefore, your argument is really with Pres. Obama. I also don't see anything illegal about Pres. Obama and the IRS operating in this manner. Similarly, I don't see that "those accountable have violated our sacred liberties". They are merely operating under the guidance of the President, which does not seem to be illegal.
While I agree completely with your apparent position that tax collection should not have a significant political aspect to it, it already does so in its gradation of tax rates such that the "rich" are soaked and the "underprivileged" actually receive payments.
I agree that we should scrap the current tax code, to eliminate redistribution of wealth, which it now encompasses. Conversely, we do need a tax collection agency. Call it an IRS or anything else you wish.