I have caller ID and tend to screen calls. I got one today from "Out of Area" and actually answered it for a change. It turned out to be PPP polling on the IRS.
First question was whether I've heard of the situation with the IRS. Since Daily Kos is a daily read, of course I feel I know more than most about it.
Next question was whether it made me trust the IRS more or less. It'll be interesting to see the results here. It made no difference to me, so I had to answer the dreaded, "Don't Know."
But then it got interesting. The questions started on the subject of the IRS doing my taxes for me. My first thought is Hell Yes, that's hours of my life I'll get back every year. Would I trust them to do them? Sure, why not. But then came the question that made me think about it a little bit more: Do you think the IRS priority would be gaining the most revenue or getting your tax due to be the smallest possible. Yet another dreaded "Don't Know." My wife's uncle used to work for the IRS. Maybe it is just me, but I just think they are a bunch of people trying to do their job as best they can.
I haven't taken the time to read the investigation into the IRS, and I have one question about the motivation of the workers who caused the problem. Were they motivated by partisanship or by trying to figure out which of the many applications were going to be political?
Anyone?