While no one enjoys paying taxes, even oil companies need their subsidies funded and the IRS has

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While no one enjoys paying taxes, even oil companies need their subsidies funded and the IRS has

Author: TyroneIrish (16179 Posts - Joined: Oct 8, 2020)

Posted at 9:12 pm on Aug 10, 2022

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been getting 'defunded' for years now...mostly at the behest of the GOP that gets very annoyed when their "tax exempt" dark money pipelines get investigated and interrupted.

Link: https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-irs-was-gutted

Replies to: "While no one enjoys paying taxes, even oil companies need their subsidies funded and the IRS has"

Judge orders DOJ to unseal Trump Raid Warrant by Mon. Looks like a long & creative weekend at the WH [LINK] - BaronVonZemo - 7:28pm 8/10/22 (81) [View All]
- Check out the new I.R.S. job requirements. [LINK] - jakers - 9:05pm 8/10/22
  - Flat tax w/ no deductions/credits, and we can eliminate most IRS agents, CPAs, & tax attorneys. - NedoftheHill - 11:06pm 8/10/22
  - Does the IRS have an enforcement division or whatever you want to call it? - LanceHarbor - 9:21pm 8/10/22
    - They sure do now. - jakers - 9:29pm 8/10/22
      - Both the USPS and IRS both have criminal investigators that carry. - LanceHarbor - 9:32pm 8/10/22
        Which of those agencies is expanding exponentially. - jakers - 9:49pm 8/10/22
        Hasn’t the IRS lost something like 50,000 employees over the past few years to attrition? - LanceHarbor - 9:55pm 8/10/22
        87k new I.R.S. enforcers. - jakers - 9:57pm 8/10/22
        For new IRS employees, yes. - LanceHarbor - 10:02pm 8/10/22
        Perhaps that's where we differ. - jakers - 10:05pm 8/10/22
        Maybe. More likely the constant rage will be redirected within a week. - LanceHarbor - 10:13pm 8/10/22
        Request to be audited, it will be fine. [NT] - notredame678 - 8:11am 8/11/22
        
        Student loan payments have been suspended for what? Two years? - Iggle - 10:23pm 8/10/22
        
        Love it. Make those cheatin lawless Republicans pay what they owe. - conorlarkin - 9:58pm 8/10/22
        Can't wait for conner's first audit. [NT] - jakers - 10:00pm 8/10/22
        Bring it. They will find that Mr. Model Citizen has overpaid. - conorlarkin - 10:10pm 8/10/22
        Must be nice having a business where the entertainment expense - Iggle - 10:16pm 8/10/22
        It is! [NT] - LanceHarbor - 10:19pm 8/10/22
        I thought you were a corporate lawyer. - Iggle - 10:27pm 8/10/22
        I’m neither a lawyer nor work for a bank. - LanceHarbor - 10:32pm 8/10/22
        He works in an investment office & proudly proclaims that he lives in a zip code w/ >50% minorities - BaronVonZemo - 10:43pm 8/10/22
        That's because moonlights as a gangsta. Fo shizzle. - MAS - 10:47pm 8/10/22
        He belongs to the New Hampshire branch of the Crypts. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:55pm 8/10/22
        They take a break from marauding in the fall to harvest maple syrup. [NT] - MAS - 11:33pm 8/10/22
        
        Heh. That's not how it works. - NedoftheHill - 10:14pm 8/10/22
        It will work same as w/ medical billing fraud auditors-paid by amount of"fraud"they find,& fired - BaronVonZemo - 10:29pm 8/10/22
        You’re on to them now! - LanceHarbor - 10:34pm 8/10/22
        Though they could use same model, they'll simply make continued employment by any model contingent - BaronVonZemo - 10:59pm 8/10/22
        
        These days? You new here? Miss the 4 years of Trump? [NT] - TampaIrish - 9:45pm 8/10/22
  - Sounds like those people could be useful at the border. [NT] - TampaIrish - 9:16pm 8/10/22
  - While no one enjoys paying taxes, even oil companies need their subsidies funded and the IRS has [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 9:12pm 8/10/22
    - Now they're hiring brown shirts. - jakers - 9:28pm 8/10/22
      - Indeed. Time to defund the FBI. Then just slowly, very slowly, build up the US Marshalls. [NT] [IMAGE] - NedoftheHill - 10:35pm 8/10/22
      - All of the taxes the new IRS hires will go after have already been approved by Congress...and as the - TyroneIrish - 9:45pm 8/10/22
        That's not where the bang for the buck is, clown. - Iggle - 9:57pm 8/10/22
        
        I didn't read your stupid article. - jakers - 9:48pm 8/10/22
        LOL...is that your version of "Plausible Denial"...man up...read something that challenges your - TyroneIrish - 10:21pm 8/10/22
- Let’s see if he releases the affidavit on which the warrant was based. - Curly1918 - 9:00pm 8/10/22
  - What conditions are required for that to happen?...does Trump have to be charged with a crime first? [NT] - TyroneIrish - 9:05pm 8/10/22
    - I don't practice in ths area... and I'm disinclined to do the research, - Curly1918 - 5:58am 8/11/22
    - The search warrant affidavit is the “meat” of a search warrant. - conorlarkin - 9:18pm 8/10/22
- The federal magistrate directed DOJ to reply to media motion to unseal warrant. - conorlarkin - 8:48pm 8/10/22
- You seem strangely personally invested and affected by this Trump warrant thing. - LanceHarbor - 7:38pm 8/10/22
  - Can you imagine Lancey saying, "this Obama warrant thing." - Cole - 8:13pm 8/10/22
    - Not today, Satan! [NT] - LanceHarbor - 8:17pm 8/10/22
      - Non sequitor, Albert! - Cole - 8:39pm 8/10/22
        Yes, Albert is a non sequito(u)r. [NT] - jimbasil - 10:51pm 8/10/22
  - Strangely, some people think this unprecedented action is cause for concern and want explanations. - Iggle - 7:50pm 8/10/22
    - Not sure why the FBI is drawing long guns at a residence protected by the Secret Service. Expecting - TakethetrainKnute - 8:44pm 8/10/22
      - Or it was made up. - LanceHarbor - 9:02pm 8/10/22
        Google the pictures, chief. They are everywhere. - Iggle - 9:43pm 8/10/22
        Yeah. Saw them tonight on TV. His news station won't show them to him, though. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 9:54pm 8/10/22
        What is this, 1990? - LanceHarbor - 9:56pm 8/10/22
        Deflection when proven wrong. Not a good look [NT]. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:11pm 8/10/22
        Where is this proof? - LanceHarbor - 10:15pm 8/10/22
        Google is your friend....well ok, even Google can't stand you, but it will still work, lackey. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:25pm 8/10/22
        I love how everyone telling me to use google can’t just include a google link. - LanceHarbor - 10:33pm 8/10/22
        
        Feel free to link them. [NT] - LanceHarbor - 9:52pm 8/10/22
      - Hilarious. [NT] - notredame678 - 8:55pm 8/10/22
    - There's no question about whether or not the documents taken were improperly taken. Not only that, - jimbasil - 8:43pm 8/10/22
      - Dim has absolutely no idea what is going on, but he is damn certain about it. - Iggle - 9:50pm 8/10/22
        Correct my post if you’re so confident, Piggles. - jimbasil - 9:56pm 8/10/22
        Your claims are laughable, Dim - Iggle - 10:31pm 8/10/22
        Well of course I'm wrong - Trump didn't have to pay $millions for his fraudulent university. He - jimbasil - 10:41pm 8/10/22
    - Maybe everyone should just chill and let it play out. - LanceHarbor - 8:16pm 8/10/22
      - Holy shit, I’m going to need therapy. I gave Jim this same “wait and see” speech - TampaIrish - 8:40pm 8/10/22
        Cool. Did you post the same to Baron, Cole, etc.? [NT] - LanceHarbor - 8:44pm 8/10/22
        Until this judge told the DOJ to stop stonewalling,it wasn't going to "play out" before the election [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:13pm 8/10/22
        Of course! Those sneaky libs! - LanceHarbor - 10:18pm 8/10/22
        
        Of course not. I like those guys. [NT] - TampaIrish - 8:46pm 8/10/22
        
        Haha. I like how Lancey thinks ignoring subpoenas is "unprecedented." So is bleachbit. [NT] - Cole - 8:43pm 8/10/22
      - No, they carried M-16s, which look like AR-15s. Geddit? [NT] - Iggle - 8:33pm 8/10/22
        What is this, 1990? [NT] - LanceHarbor - 8:39pm 8/10/22
        Harkening back to the good old days of Waco and Ruby Ridge, when the FBI could kill with impunity? [NT] - NedoftheHill - 9:43pm 8/10/22
        Did they use M-16s back then? - LanceHarbor - 9:57pm 8/10/22
        Seems like only 8,000 police departments still use them. - Iggle - 10:20pm 8/10/22
        I think Lance thinks they are more different than they are. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 10:33pm 8/10/22
        
        Those and M1s. - NedoftheHill - 10:17pm 8/10/22
        Perhaps. Doesn’t change the lack of pics. [NT] - LanceHarbor - 10:20pm 8/10/22
        You're on fire tonight, baby. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 10:22pm 8/10/22
- Good. My beloved ex-Governor, Andy Cuomo, and I approve. [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 7:35pm 8/10/22