"Adam C. Lipscomb" wrote:
>
> IRS erroneously paid slave credits
>
> The Internal Revenue Service mistakenly paid out more than $30 million
> to tax filers seeking nonexistent slavery tax credits in 2000 and
> 2001, according to a Treasury Department investigation.
>
> http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2002/04/14/irs/index.html
>
> Frickin' stoopid IDIOTS!
>
> And that's *after* I calmed down enough to type.
I worked at the IRS at one time. I'd like to know which IRS centers the
forms were processed at -- at the time I was working at the one in
Austin, we were told to be on the lookout for that sort of thing and to
*not* enter it, and maybe to bring it to the attention of our
supervisor. From the tales I heard of other centers, it wouldn't
surprise me to find out a certain one was among the one(s) that managed
to do that.... (Yes, there are stupid people working at the IRS. I met
a couple.)
Julia
