finally, the great oliver wendell holmes who had the last word on kerry's faith and do at this broadside against societies and missiles by two pristine sterilization costs. holmes is standing. holmes is standing in his lifetime internment but he would later say upon in virginia sterilization law had given him a real pleasure. of all the professions a message to share his ruled that there was the most disappointing. it is worth noting the supreme court has some of the leading lights of american law that chief justice was william howard taft to derrida served as president and included louis brandeis, the great progressive known to the people's attorney before before joining the court and of course there was holmes, former harvard law professor in the most respected and supreme court is to read. when the case reach these men they got the facts wrong, because analysis they applied were shoddy of the vote was not close. those who airbrushed the history likely offers simple explanation that it is an anomaly. the supreme court they would say was briefly caught up in eugenics, but it was short-l

law in virginia of the united states and was written deliver by the great american jurist oliver wendell holmesrmeen: that was a clip from "judgment at nuremberg." adam cohen, they actually cite supreme court justice oliver wendell holmes. >> and this happened in history as well at the actual nuremberg trials. after world war ii, we put the leading not to's on trial for some of the worst things the nazis did. they set of eugenics program with a sterilized as many as 375,000 people. we put the montreux for that and the one to hold as the movie shows, their defense was, how can you put us on trial for that? euro new a supreme court said that sterilization was constitutional, was good, and your own oliver wendell holmes who said that. so what are we the bad guys in this story? nermeen: can you explain when and why the eugenics movement took hold in the u.s.? >> it came over in the early '10's and 1920's. this was a very nervous time. you see movies now about the 1920's, flappers and prohibition and parties, but america was at a time of quiet turmoil. the highest rates of immigration there had been

to talk about oliver wendell holmes the dieppe preteen that he was a member of the boston class and then to take if you thought about that was intentional that the entire families of those that were cast that is the way he was brought up. that ancestor attending harvard that his people were better. and the white social class bore white sometimes it is called trash. and that is the carrie but people and he sees the bottom of the hierarchy in the message should be obliterated. it is about power and control. and the 20. [inaudible] 2016. >> haven't some states like north carolina have done reparations? >> but the supreme court that the state has the power to sterilize people and it doesn't constitute constitutional problems and that is a legitimate reason so who knows what direction going into the next president or congress if we get to a point where congress or the states think about eugenics so that is the concern. >> the culture is saturated the with the supreme court with citizens united and others what is the reaction that oliver wendell holmes? >> you are right to say it permeated the

all of this is captured in the quote from the supreme court justice oliver wendell holmes which is described to the irs headquarters in dc and justice holmes said the taxes pay for the civilized society. the irs had to absorb the funding cuts since 2010 and the budget for the year is about $900 million below what it was 6 million years ago when 2010. as a result we expect the workforce to shrink by another two to 3,000 employees which will bring us to a total of 17,000 full-time employers lost through attrition since the year 2000, not 2010. they've been felt across the irs for irs for example the compliance programs suffered as a result of underfunding. a portion of the workforce that has been lost since 2010 includes over 5,000 enforcement personnel. these are people that perform collection activities as well as the special agents and criminal investigation division when they investigated the refund fraud and other major tax crimes. as you might imagine the staffing losses translated into a steady decline in the number of individual audits over the past six years. last year we completed th

all of the this is captured in a quote from oliver wendell holmes which eninscribed over the entrance to the irs headquarters biffleing in d.c.. taxes are what we pay for a civilized society. which brings me to why i'm so concerned about the funding cuts the irs has had to absorb since 2010. our budget for this fiscal year is $900 million below what was six years ago in 2010. 70% of our budget is personnel we have on absorbed these and no not re-placing workers who leave. we expect the work force to some rink by 2,000 to 3,000 employees bring us to 17,000 full-time employees lost through attrition since the year 2000 -- or 2010. those losses have been felt across the irs. our compliance programs have suffered. a portion of our full jim work force lost since 2010 includes over 5,000 enforce. personnel. these are people who audit returns and perform collection activities, as well as the special agents and our criminal investigation division who investigate stage identity refund fraud and other major tax crimes. you might imagine, these staffing losses have translated into a steady decli

all of this is captured in a quote from the great supreme court justice, oliver wendell holmes, which is inscribed over the entrance to building headquarters. justice holmes said taxes are what we pay for a civilized society. that brings me to why i am so concerned about the funding cuts the irs has had to resort since 2010. our budget for this fiscal year is about $900 million below what it was in 2010. 70% of our budget is personnel. we have absorbed cuts primarily by not replacing employees who leave for other jobs or who retire, like angelo and bill. as a result, we expect he irs workforce to shrink by another 2000 or 3000 employees this year, which will bring us to a total of 17,000 full-time throughs lost attrition. those losses have been felt across the irs. our compliance programs have suffered as a result of underfunding. a portion of our full-time workforce that has been lost since 2010 includes over 5000 .nforcement personnel as you might imagine, these staffing losses have translated into a steady decline in the number of individual audits over the past six years. last yea