According to recent surveys, the public now views the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission more unfavorably than the “always hated Internal Revenue Service,” reported Bruce Canton in his column called “Enforcement Action,” published on complianceweek.com. In its National Juror Survey, Litigation PostScript found that 55% of the respondents expressed an unfavorable opinion of the SEC compared with a 46% unfavorable rating for the IRS.