As if preparing your taxes every year isn't arduous enough as it is, the government now wants to become even more involved in the process. The IRS is working to require paid tax preparers to be licensed by the government. Another complication to the processes of looting ... just what we need. More government bureaucrats to license people to professionally and seize their money. Look ... IRS employees can't even do tax returns right, so just who are they going to find to figure out whether private sector preparers can do it right or not?

The IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman says that this will help reduce mistakes and combat fraud. He says, "Paying taxes is one of the largest financial transactions individual Americans have each year, (duhhhh) and we need to make sure that professionals who serve them are ethical and ensure the right amount of tax is paid." Oh, so Doug here believes that the private sector is incapable of providing a service ethically without the intrusion of government.

Rep. John Lewis from right here in Georgia says that he supports the measure because poor people are often taken advantage of by "fly-by-night" tax preparers. Hey wait, if they are poor, then they aren't paying income taxes anyway.

One of the results? Added costs. These tax preparers are going to have to spend money to meet the government requirements, and that money will be passed down to the taxpayers. When is this going to end?