-Caveat Lector- This is, of course, a load of mule shit. Lots of African-Americans have been suckered by hucksters posing as accountants who told them they could get them tax refund-reparations from the IRS.
Don't you believe it. More info at http://www.snopes2.com/business/taxes/blacktax.htm --- Archibald Bard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Saturday April 13, 2002; 2:24 p.m. EDT > > IRS Pays Millions in Slavery Reparations > > While the debate over slavery reparations rages in > legal and academic circles, it seems some folks at > the Internal Revenue Service have already resolved > the question. > > In fact, two years ago the tax collecting agency > began handing out reparations payments to the tune > of millions, based on claims filed by taxpayers who > cited a nonexistent slavery tax credit. > > The scam, touted by con-artists who tell > unsuspecting marks they can help collect the slavery > money for a fee, has resulted in $2.7 billion in > claims, of which $30 million has been approved by > the IRS. > > The racket is so widespread that a dozen current and > former IRS employees have even applied for the > slavery cash. > > An IRS computer program designed to catch the bogus > slavery claims misses a full four percent, said the > Washington Post, which revealed the scam's success > on Saturday - just two days before the IRS's filing > deadline. > > Most of the taxpayer funded slavery payments were > for $43,209, the figure cited by Essence Magazine in > 1993 as the estimated current value of "40 acres and > a mule" - compensation promised to some freed slaves > after the Civil War. > > But deputy IRS inspector general Pamela Gardiner > admitted that in some cases, where couples filing > jointly both claimed reparations refunds, checks for > $80,000 were cut. > > Gardiner told the Post that the mistaken payments > have encouraged others who might otherwise be > skeptical of the slavery tax credit to file their > own claims. > > "Schemes all tend to jump as word (of their success) > begins to get out," she said. > > > A product that might interest you: Have an Opinion > About This? Send an URGENT PriorityGram Today > http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2002/4/13/132556 > > > This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available > for free from > http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm > __________________________________________________________________ > Archibald Bard > ICQ#: 83834746 > Current ICQ status: > + More ways to contact me > i See more about me: > __________________________________________________________________ > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/octet-stream name=online?icq=83834746&img=21 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
