FOIA
Under the Freedom of Information Act anyone can ask a federal agency for their policies or procedural publications that explain the workings of that agency. It's called transparency, providing any American citizen the opportunity to understand how his government is working and what his taxes are being used for.
You can go to: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/foia/howtofoia.html to obtain information on how to prepare an FOIA question, or go to: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/foia.html for actual details of the Law.
However, as we have tried several times, directing an FOIA request to Ms. Linda Stiff, Acting Director of the IRS, no answer is forthcoming. Nothing. Nada! She simply ignores the request and the legal requirement to comply.
What recourse do we have? Write to your Congressman or Senator? Complain to the Attorney General? Prepare a brief to present to the Supreme Court? Write a letter to the Editor of your local newspaper?
There is one way to get their attention. If enough people make the same inquiry or complaint, the officers who have sworn to uphold the Constitution will begin to pay attention. If it means that they will not get reelected, or reappointed, they become concerned. It is not that they wish to do what is best for the country, it is that they will do what is necessary to convince you that they should continue on the government payroll, with all the perks that that conveys.
In any case, it is a lot of work, to learn what is going on, to understand what should be happening in your interests and that of others, and to organize concerted activity to bring pressure to bear on the government.
Do you have a choice? Yes, you can ignore the whole problem and allow your children to grow up as slaves to the State. Is that an exaggeration? Not at all. I suggest that you go to http://www.archive.org/details/Michael_Badnarik for a really illuminating discussion of the CONSTITUTION. The nation's founders were excellent students of history. They struggled mightily in face of great odds to create this document that defines our central government, our individual rights, and our duties in the preservation or our personal liberty.
I would also suggest reading Meltdown by Thomas E. Woods Jr. if you want to get a sense of how our government works and handles our money.