To the editor:
In this time of change and corrections, sometimes our government needs a little help in order to help us.
Those stimulus checks, for instance. Last month, I went on the IRS.gov website to find out if mine was on the way to me, but the tool could not find my information. Each time I tried, it helpfully told me I needed to wait 24 hours before trying again. Also, basically, “Don’t bother to try telephoning.”
It turned out that my problem was the same as many people had, and it has been fixed, apparently. But some people have not received their money. Even if you did not need to file a tax return recently, news reports say you have until Oct. 15 to use the IRS.gov website to sign up for a check.
I don’t think we can blame this delay all on the IRS, since the agency has been forced more than once to reduce employees. But I hear that our Congresswoman, Abigail Spanberger, has led efforts to increase the number of workers available to get the payments out, and, according to reports, the IRS has hired 3,500 more people to do so. You would think it would be obvious that a government that “should run itself like a business” would want to make sure to take care of the arm that brings in the cash … and in this case, sends it out to us.
It sounds to me like Rep. Spanberger understands that, and has the drive and ability to see that the government fulfills its promises to us.
Sara Elder
Louisa
Originally published in the Central Virginian and published here with the permission of the author.
