OK America, Explain Me This.

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Originally Posted by artwilliams

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...0HS18F20131002

Some IRS tax collectors who pursue individuals and businesses that are delinquent are working through the shutdown, but IRS staff who help these taxpayers defend themselves from collectors have been furloughed, lawyers said.

"The IRS can levy, but we can't get the help to stop the levy," said Diana Leyden, a tax lawyer and director of the low-income taxpayer clinic at the University of Connecticut. "This is a real problem."

Exactly, "COLLECTING" taxes is still a essential service and will still continue fully funded...Only people fighting to reduce their tax bill is considered non-essential and thus not needed and not funded