The Latest IRS Scare Campaign  Most years, the IRS launches a
huge scare-the-taxpayer campaign as April 15 approaches. This
time the IRS has decided to target American taxpayers who use
credit cards issued by foreign banks, demanding that Visa turn
over millions of confidential records. Is this because it is
illegal for Americans to have credit cards issued overseas? No,
the IRS admits that this is legal. Is this because the IRS has
proof that these American credit card holders are tax evaders?
No, the IRS has no proof of illegal activity.  But the IRS
apparently does not care about due process and civil liberties.
The IRS is on a fishing expedition. It is demanding that credit
card companies violate the privacy rights of their customers
because the IRS thinks that some taxpayers might be using their
cards to access money in foreign bank accounts — -money that
some taxpayers might not be reporting to the IRS.  In other
words, the IRS is undermining the Constitution’s guarantee that
government cannot investiga