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Blair's avatar

Everyone with even a few operating brain cells knew when they hired over 80,000 IRS agents, arming them in the process that they weren't going after the ultra wealthy, but the middle-class taxpayer. Why would they need so many armed IRS agents to go after the ultra wealthy? These people bend over backwards and serve the ultra wealthy, who are their masters. They would never want to disobey or inconvenience their masters.

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Alan Devincentis's avatar

Dump the irs,along with the tax “code”, and do a flat tax. Fire 1 million people. Let them look for a job that doesn’t involve the government (my) teat.

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Roger Beal's avatar

The fair tax, an even-better alternative, is outlined here: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/348623

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Erik Wells's avatar

While I agree with you, it's difficult to explain conceptually. I'm a big fan, but think either permanently or as an interim, the Flat Tax with an exemption for the very poor, would be acceptable.

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A.J.'s avatar

I'd prefer simply shutting down the IRS and revoking the federal law that set it up. Bold moves like the new Argentine president who has abolished a bunch of national government departments and now has a budget surplus. And! He got inflatioon from 300% down to 11%.

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Erik's avatar

No argument here. I'd shrink the federal government by 90% if it were up to me...starting with the IRS...

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PermieGeek's avatar

I don’t think labor should be taxed. The founding fathers never intended it.

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Neil Kellen's avatar

The first verse of Copperhead Road, by Steve Earle, may become more of a prediction than a recounting of "history":

The revenue man wanted grandad bad

He headed up the holler with everything he had

Was before my time but I've been told

He never come back from Copperhead Road

Yes, Earle is a raging liberal (at least he was a few years back) but that song is one of the best rock songs ever.

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Cynthia Ford's avatar

A great song. He lost his son, who was in 12 step recovery, but who couldn't go to meetings during lockdown, to a drug overdose. He's in Treme, the HBO series on what happened to New Orleans after Katrina, but my favorite song of his is I'm Thinking of Burning Walmart Down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jebt9OnHh6A

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PermieGeek's avatar

I can’t like this but I was upset from beginning of the effect lockdowns would likely have on those in recovery.

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liz's avatar

Treme is an AMAZING series.

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Inverted Pyramid's avatar

Steve Earle is absolutely awesome... part of that San Antonio sound. He also had a great wife with Allison Moorer of Mobile, AL.

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Cinghale's avatar

I’ve loved his music but have a hard time listening to him now after hearing his vitriol on Sirius about not allowing anyone on his tour bus that wasn’t vaxxed etc

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Inverted Pyramid's avatar

I see him as a person who is doing unnatural behavior in order to be popular. I ran into him at Bernstein (six) airport in Austin. We had a small chat and we went our separate ways but his final comment was and I am paraphrasing “... you can find me on Steve Earle.comm”. It seemed inconsistent with his outsider non-mainstream image but I shrugged it off by rationalizing this is a person who is no longer married to a woman who is well respected by most, if not all (-SE), who engaged with Allison. I still listen to him... Stars are flaky.

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Neil Kellen's avatar

Why do I know the name Allison Moorer? I can't place it... While my memory is still very good, my forgettery keeps getting stronger.

I discovered Earle way before I moved to the San Antonio area, through WXRT in Chicago.

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Inverted Pyramid's avatar

Allison Moorer is a gifted singer, her genre would be “country” yet her recordings are go beyond. Her sister is Shelby Lynne...

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Mic's avatar

Best rock song ever???? Are you serious or f’ing crazy?

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Neil Kellen's avatar

I said "one of the best". And yes, it is a masterpiece of storytelling combined with music. I have it my top 25, maybe top 15.

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Lisa Ca's avatar

ONE OF. not the

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cat's avatar

Yessiree!

The big clue is the $600 reporting requirement--enforcement delayed until after the election. Good luck reselling that couch or other stuff without it's original receipt from years ago.

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Blair's avatar

No kidding! I bet that rule doesn't apply to politicians. 🤪

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