Mar
07
2009
IRS dumps private debt collectors, shifts pendulum
Posted by doris in Government, IRS, Money, Tax, jobsWASHINGTON – So much for privatizing the federal government.The Internal Revenue Service’s decision this week to quit using debt collectors to dun delinquent taxpayers was celebrated by public employee unions as a pendulum shift after watching the Bush administration often opt for private contractors over federal workers to deliver government services.
The IRS program was a small one, bringing in a little more than $80 million since its inception in 2006. But it represented an ideological toehold for conservatives who believe that private companies are more efficient than government agencies.
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