Former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld. (Todd Plitt, USA TODAY)
When he was secretary of Defense a second time, Donald Rumsfeld was known for speaking his mind with a cranky bluntness that stood out in the early days of the George W. Bush administration.
Now 81 years old and the subject of a new documentary, Rumsfeld is still forthright especially when it comes to the confusing tax code.
In a letter to the IRSthat he posted Tax Day on Twitter, Rumsfeld let loose in a sharply worded missive deriding the agency. He said the complexity of the tax code is a sad commentary on governance in our nations capital.
One of Rumsfelds zingers, from the letter posted below:
The tax code is so complex and the forms so complicated, that I know that I cannot have any confidence that I know what is being requested and therefore I cannot and do not know, and I suspect a great many Americans cannot know, whether or not their tax returns are accurate.
Rumsfeld notes that he and his wife, who also signed the return, are both college graduates.
Rumsfeld is back in the news now because of The Unknown Known, the Errol Morris documentary about the ex-Defense secretary who launched the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Morris told NPR that Rumsfeld was a difficult interview and that he was surprised by how little he learned.
Source: http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2014/04/15/donald-rumsfeld-irs-tax-day-letter/
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