1,600 IRS employees willfully evaded taxes; most were not fired...

The penalty was waived by the IRS commissioner? Seriously?

Via Fox News:

Nearly 1,600 IRS workers were found to have willfully evaded taxes over a 10-year period, including some who were responsible for enforcing the nation’s tax laws, a government watchdog said Wednesday.
It’s a small percentage of the tax agency’s employees — about 160 workers a year out of a workforce of 85,000.
A new report by the agency’s inspector general said most were not fired, even though a 1998 law calls for terminations when IRS workers willfully don’t pay their taxes. The penalty must be waived by the IRS commissioner.
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