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$10 an hour with 2 kids? IRS pounces
- Thread starter leela
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It might have been "started" a year ago, but it was only wrapped up a few weeks ago when "she paid back $1,438 (plus penalties and interest!) on that issue." So it remains to be seen. I hope Obama's administration would wise up and target the Wall Street fat cats instead of us poor fledglings. But regardless of who's in power, the folks at IRS will always be morons. There's no ifs or buts.Quote from truehawk:
Got a little problem with time and reading comprehension here don't we:
the seattle times artical says:
It all started a year ago, when Porcaro, a 32-year-old mom with two boys, was summoned to the Seattle office of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). She had been flagged for an audit.
A year ago, Obama had won the Presidency, but did not take office until Jan 20.
So OBAMA and OBAMA's policies have NOTHING TO DO WITH HER LOW INCOME AUDIT. It was started before he took office.
The IRS under Obama has been directed to go after the big fish, not the small ones, so hers is a holdover case prosecuted by holdovers from the Bush administration.
At this time, thousands of political appointees of the Bush administration retain their jobs, because their replacements still have not been selected. Government policy does turn on a dime . This is pretty common if smooth government transition is desired, instead of political patronage.
Quote from peilthetraveler:
You had it right until the part about leaving the churches. What country every started getting stronger because they left the church? None! In fact people HAVE been leaving the church for years. During the golden age of this country everyone went to church. As people slowly started leaving their churches, everything started declining. You can not deny these facts. Church attendence in this country is at its lowest levels in history and hey...what a coincidence...so is our economy.
This is demonstrably untrue.
Quote from Mvic:
A far better one would be for people to take their money out of crooked institutions in a coordinated way. Sell stocks, cash out of bonds, withdraw cash from banks, pay down debt if you have any, stop buying useless crap from overseas, only buy local, take care of your health by living a healthy lifestyle and get off prescription meds if you are on them, leave the churches and their myths and false prophets. Starve the beast. It is the only effective way to fight back.
Goddamn, can u imagine if the media-fed sheep actually did this.
That would be "change"!
Best words I've read on here in a while.
Let's be reasonable. The US is in a heap of trouble. The tax code sucks and is completely unmanageable. Defense and medical spending are out of control and bankrupting everyone except those on the take. We have progressively lost our freedom culminating with the Bush administration and the "Patriot Act." The response to 911 was idiotic. The decision to use ethanol from corn as a motor fuel was idiotic. The Cash for Clunkers was idiotic. The Bush mid-year tax rebate was insane. The total neglect of its regulatory duty by the Fed and the SEC during the Greenspan years in combination with Gramm's destruction of Glass-Steagal was disastrous. The Coziness of Wall Street and K-Street with Washington legislators is subverting the foundations of what was formerly a somewhat democratic representative republic. The Gerrymandering of congressional districts when Delay was in charge has created safe districts and subverted the public's ability to throw the rascals out. The interweaving of Church and State is working havoc upon the Constitution. The 200+ year-old constitution is obsolescent. The public schools are in trouble. Millions of jobs will be lost, never to return, to off-shore workers making a tiny fraction of US wages. The criminal justice system has made a mockery of the motto "justice for all". The corporations, not the citizens are in control of the country. And on and on.
How much of this can so far be laid at Obama's feet. Very very little. Perhaps in a few years we will know if he, on balance, has made things worse or better. There is no way to know at this point.
It took 200 years to get into this mess it will take a long time to get out of it, if that is even possible.
How much of this can so far be laid at Obama's feet. Very very little. Perhaps in a few years we will know if he, on balance, has made things worse or better. There is no way to know at this point.
It took 200 years to get into this mess it will take a long time to get out of it, if that is even possible.
What a great synopsis of what can go wrong in 200 short years.
Quote from piezoe:
Let's be reasonable. The US is in a heap of trouble. The tax code sucks and is completely unmanageable. Defense and medical spending are out of control and bankrupting everyone except those on the take. We have progressively lost our freedom culminating with the Bush administration and the "Patriot Act." The response to 911 was idiotic. The decision to use ethanol from corn as a motor fuel was idiotic. The Cash for Clunkers was idiotic. The Bush mid-year tax rebate was insane. The total neglect of its regulatory duty by the Fed and the SEC during the Greenspan years in combination with Gramm's destruction of Glass-Steagal was disastrous. The Coziness of Wall Street and K-Street with Washington legislators is subverting the foundations of what was formerly a somewhat democratic representative republic. The Gerrymandering of congressional districts when Delay was in charge has created safe districts and subverted the public's ability to throw the rascals out. The interweaving of Church and State is working havoc upon the Constitution. The 200+ year-old constitution is obsolescent. The public schools are in trouble. Millions of jobs will be lost, never to return, to off-shore workers making a tiny fraction of US wages. The criminal justice system has made a mockery of the motto "justice for all". The corporations, not the citizens are in control of the country. And on and on.
How much of this can so far be laid at Obama's feet. Very very little. Perhaps in a few years we will know if he, on balance, has made things worse or better. There is no way to know at this point.
It took 200 years to get into this mess it will take a long time to get out of it, if that is even possible.