Frills, not jobs, filling posh IRS digs

The Boston Herald reports:

The $92 million renovations at the IRS compound in Andover will include a reflecting pool, an art gallery, indoor gardens, a 7,000-square-foot cafeteria and an amphitheater, but it remains unclear what new permanent jobs, if any, will come to the center.

The Herald reported last month that the IRS received $80.5 million in stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for “green upgrades” to the 400,000-square-foot complex.

The IRS already had $11.4 million on hand for the work. During a tour of the 50-year-old federal complex Thursday, the architect called the project “visionary” and said the building “will be relevant 50 years from now.”

Your work is their extra nice headquarters. You can be sure if a private health insurance company spent like this, Nancy Pelosi would tell us how health insurance companies waste money. But, when the IRS wants to live in style you will not hear a peep from Nancy Pelosi. After all, the Democratic party has strong support from IRS workers.