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IRS Faces Yet MORE Spending

Posted on the 05 June 2013 by Hughvw
While it grapples with the fallout from the tea party targeting scandal, the IRS is facing new charges of wasteful spending.A watchdog report released Tuesday includes potentially embarrassing examples of spending at conferences, including $17,000 paid to a keynote speaker whose specialty was painting unique pictures. He produced images of Michael Jordan, Bono, Albert Einstein and Abraham Lincoln at the IRS event.  Employees received hotel upgrades and a deputy commissioner spent five nights in a two-bedroom presidential suite at the Anaheim, Calif., Hilton.  Read more

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