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posted at 9:36 pm on February 2, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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bullseye on February 3, 2009 at 10:03 AM
I had a friend who was extremely cold blooded. He worked for the IRS for a couple of years and then walked away from a mid level job because HE couldn’t stand what he was doing to people.
OTOH, I’d join up if I could have the honor of busting: Daschle, Rangel, Geithner (Bust your boss – cool), Obama (A drunken monkey could figure out that there was at least 50 grand in undeclared ‘income’ in the obamamansion deal). Cold Cash Jefferson… “Uh, Mr. Dashle, be careful of getting into the car with those handcuffs so you don’t hit your head…” THUNK.
Hell, I’d almost PAY to have that job.
bullseye on February 3, 2009 at 10:10 AM
You know, this never would have been an issue back in the day when competency was a prerequisite for a high-level government job.
leetpriest on February 3, 2009 at 10:31 AM
I just had another thought about this. The Republicans should search out as many people as they can who have been screwed by the IRS. There are horror stories out there that would make your blood congeal.
So, Put together a PAC and a website with videos of how each of these people was screwed with and ending for each one of “Democrat leaders like Tom Daschle got away with evading 120,000 in taxes. Mike Smith had his life ruined for 1,239.12. Call your Senators and Representative today”
Then have a march at washington starting at the IRS building, then the capitol and ending up at 1600 pennsylvania of the people who felt the full wrath of the IRS.
Bonus, get as many people as you can to call the tiplines for the media and tie their damn phones up for the day.
Call it Bastille Day without the Guillotines …
bullseye on February 3, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Hey Daschle listens to Hanna Montana too.
danking70 on February 3, 2009 at 10:35 AM
Here’s your explanation – and yes, it it is irrespective of political bent. I hear a ton about Soros and Kennedy being nailed to the wall for it as well as the two more recent examples of questionable (if not outright illegal) behavior with respect to tax laws. I just see an apparent lack of the right-wing on looking at their own on the issue and encouraging those folks to come forward.
As for the morality – this is what I’m meaning. If they’re so proud of it, come on out and admit it.
Personally, I would rather have very strict enforcement in tax code in exchange for a very-close-to-zero tax rate for all business-related activities conducted within this country.
sethstorm on February 3, 2009 at 10:36 AM
As bad as some things are, it would take a lot to convince me to not take that kind of work. It would have to take
As for busting Daschle and such, you only have to do that if you want it to be legal.
sethstorm on February 3, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Meant:
It would have to take a lot of evil to not want to touch any department that I would have a competency in filling.
sethstorm on February 3, 2009 at 10:50 AM
I thought people with tax issues were ineligible for employment with the United States Government, i THOUGHT IT WAS AN AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFICATION
UNREPENTANT CONSERVATIVE CAPITOLIST on February 3, 2009 at 11:23 AM
Great news! Daschle withdrew his nomination. One less corrupt lib in our government.
quint906 on February 3, 2009 at 1:06 PM
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