Misdirection

Today I found this article on the Yahoo aggregater. It was picked up from The Nation. The author, Peter Rothberg, sounds a clarion call for immediate action to fight proposed new rules the IRS has proposed. His article says these rules will make it easier for tax preparers to sell personal tax return information to third parties.

Except that isn't what the rule says at all. The proposed rule changes, in fact, make it much tougher for tax preparers to sell information. Further, what Rothberg does not mention is that tax preparers already have the ability to sell that information if you give them permission to. The new rules will make it harder to do what they already can do, not easier.

Mr. Rothberg is engaging in misdirection by omission. His article is a good example of why you should always question what "activists" tell you.