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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 04:40 PM
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The BFEE aren't interested in "terrorists" bank records...
they're interested in the bank records of those who oppose their policies. End of story.
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 04:41 PM
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1. Well, yes. You're surprised?
Redstone
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 04:42 PM
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2. No...
just stating fact.
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 04:43 PM
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3. BFEE = Bush Family Evil Empire
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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 04:49 PM
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4. They're selling all that info to their business buddies
Edited on Mon Jun-26-06 04:49 PM by Canuckistanian
Here's another information goldmine, just like the NSA database.

Here's how it works. Company A, a big Booosh supporter, comes to the WH and sez,

"Gee, Dubya, our margin is down 1.2% over last year because of Company B, our rival.

They killed us last year by franchising all of Upper Slobovia and now we can't get in. Now, they're looking at another country, but we can't tell which one.

Can you help us, George? Do you have any connections?"

And George sez, "Sorry, pal can't help you.... wait! Something just came to me...."
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 04:59 PM
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5. And they are trying to suss out tax cheaters to close the tax gap
It's a big priority with them. They've even adjusted their RAT SOMEONE OUT program.

IRS reworks whistleblower program
Centralized system set to launch in August to process tips on tax cheaters
By Tom Herman
Baltimoresun.com Staff
Originally published June 26, 2006
Facing new criticism, the Internal Revenue Service is revamping its program of rewarding people who turn in their friends, ex-spouses and colleagues for tax cheating.

A new Treasury report praises the Informants' Claims for Reward Program for bringing in large amounts of money for little cost, but says the IRS needs to do a better job of managing the program efficiently and fairly. The IRS says it agrees with the recommendations and has already begun making changes.
The program has brought in $340.3 million in just the past five years, according to the report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. Since the late 1960s, the program has recovered nearly $3 billion.

Typical informants include what one government official calls "the exes" -- ex-boyfriends and girlfriends, ex-spouses and ex-business associates. Bookkeepers, accountants and others with access to a business's financial records are often among the most reliable informants. Some of the best tips have involved the inner workings of complex tax shelters and their participants.

Yet the idea of paying tax snitches makes many people uneasy. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada has described the program as "rewards for rats." Critics fear that someone who has a grudge to settle with a former employer or even a noisy neighbor may try to use the program to enlist the IRS into harassing them....
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-irs0626,0,6231329.story?coll=bal-business-headlines

Hey, they need that money ta fund da war on terra!!!! And Mister Tax Cut can't possibly RAISE taxes, so he's gotta squeeze it out of folks any way he can...!!!!!

Trust me, this is the real agenda.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 05:00 PM
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6. Bingo
People should become really suspicious about identity theft.
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flordehinojos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-26-06 05:00 PM
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7. thank you for putting out there so clearly...
yes, that is what it is. it is another way of supressing and intimidating those who oppose their policies...and this all looks more and more like hitler's germany and still there are people who refuse to see it and who take umbrage at the comparison. uncanny!
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