Sen. Carper: ‘For Every Dollar We Invest in the IRS We Get at Least $4 Back’

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CARPER: "In the past years — several times in the past several years, John Koskinen sat right where you sit, the commissioner of the IRS, it’s a position that he has been selected to serve, it’s a five-year term, I think he has maybe another year to run on it. He is in his 70s. He took this job not because it was something he aspired to do, but because he was asked to do this for his country. He is one of the finest public servants I know. He's often berated, there was an attempt to impeach him in the House of Representatives which I that was lunacy. He said to us many times, as has the general accountability office, and you have said it here today, we give the IRS less money than they need, they don’t have the people that they need, they don’t have the technology that they need. For every dollar we invest in the IRS, we get at least $4 back, I have seen some estimates as much as $10. This is not so much a message for you, I think you’ve got it. But the message is really for us, who are interested in raising some revenues and not having to raise taxes. That is a good place to start. I was encouraged by what you had to say."