On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Judah M wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Robert wrote: > > So which is worse? Wiretapping or the IRS? > > That's the wrong question. No one here is supporting the illegal use > of the IRS. There are some people here, yourself included, who support > the illegal use of wiretapping.
Wrong. The Legislative and Executive branches have decided to keep the program in play. The Supreme Court has yet to rule on the matter, so for now the program is legal. We'll see what the Supremes say if they ever agree to review it. > The big difference is that there are established checks and balances > in place for the IRS and most of them operate in a public sphere. Yes, > sometimes those are ignored and the system is abused. The President has just decided to punitively tax a small fraction of the population at rates that FAR exceed what everyone else pays in taxes. You call it "fairness", I call it massive government abuse on a startlingly huge scale - a trillion dollars a year, in fact. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290496 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
