Sidebar: the IRS also has special privileges when it comes to viewing your private data. Most folks don't know this. If your account is "flagged" (for whatever

Sidebar: the IRS also has special privileges when it comes to viewing your private data. Most folks don't know this. If your account is "flagged" (for whatever reason by a worker) they can go online and take just about any personal data of yours they want. The only reason more people don't know about this is that they haven't started abusing it as much as they do funds seizure. The IRS (and tax law) has some egregious structural defects that will not be fixed with a law here or there. A complete overhaul is desperately needed.