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From: maria@linux.nycmetro.com Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 02:31:12 -0400 Subject: irs_1.html

"These people have horrendous power, granted by (Congress)...it's legitimate, but that's a big amount of power," a committee source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said.

"To be able to take a residence on nothing more than a couple of signatures," the source said, referring to the IRS's authority to confiscate cars, homes and other property from people who owe taxes.

An IRS spokesman said the agency carried out the law as written by Congress and that if mistakes were made, it tried to correct them.

"We deal with millions of taxpayers every year, and in the vast majority of cases taxpayers feel that they are treated courteously and professionally," he added.

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