Echoing my own sensibilities concerning the scandals rocking the Obama Administration, Noonan published today a MUST-READ column. She subtitles her article, "Political abuse of the IRS threatens the basic integrity of our government." Right!
How serious is it that the mess be cleaned up? Noonan correctly says:
Everyone involved in this abuse of power should pay a price, because if they don't, the politicization of the IRS will continue—forever. If it is not stopped now, it will never stop. And if it isn't stopped, no one will ever respect or have even minimal faith in the revenue-gathering arm of the U.S. government again. . . . This is not about the usual partisan slugfest. This is about the integrity of our system of government and our ability to trust, which is to say our ability to function. [my emphases]
It's that serious. Read the whole piece here.