Since 2008, eight former and current auditors within the Idaho State Tax Commission have publicly accused their bosses, the political appointees on the tax commission, of cutting sweetheart deals with big corporations. The confidential deals have the corporations paying pennies on the dollar, the auditors say. And now it's nine. On Oct. 3, Douglas Thornton of Lewiston, who spent 27 years with the commission before retiring, had this to say in a letter to the Lewiston Tribune: "A conservative estimate would be that these deals cost the state $40 million per year," he wrote. "Why are the taxpayers and voters of this state not outraged that politicians have covered this up? Why have your elected officials not weighed in on this issue? Is it just apathy?"/Marty Trillhaase, Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: Why aren't Idahoans outraged that the sweetheart deals cut by the Idaho State Tax Commission with corporations costing the state $40M in revenues per year?