Now wait a minute...
I got MY piece of mail from the IRS (Notice 1275 June 2001) that has a
red rectangular box top center of the address panel that reads "Enclosed
is an important message from the IRS on the status and amount of
immediate tax relief. Do not throw away!"
The text inside has no such shite as Don/Larry quotes and reads as
follows:
"Dear Taxpayer:
We are pleased to inform you that the United States Congress passed and
President George W. Bush signed into law the Economic Growth and Tax
Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, which provides long-term tax relief
for all Americans who pay income taxes.
The new law provides immediate tax relief in 2001 and long-term tax
relief for the years to come.
As part of the immediate tax relief, you will be receiving a check in
the amount of $600.00 during the week of 9/10/2001.
Your amount is based on information you submitted on your 2000 federal
tax return and is just the first installment of the long-term tax relief
provided by the new law. The amount of the check could be reduced by any
outstanding federal debt you owe, such as past due child support or
federal or state income taxes. You need to take no additional steps.
Your check will be mailed to you. You will not be required to report the
amount as taxable income on your federal tax return.
On the reverse side of this letter is information on how your check
amount was calculated. If you need additional information, please visit
the IRS web site at www.irs.gov or call 1-800-829-4477. Please keep a
copy of this notice with your tax records."
Don Rowe wrote:
>
> Upon arriving home after a harrowing commute through
> the St. Louis horizontal rain ... I find an envelope
> in the mail bearing the logo of the Internal Revenue
> Service and a diagonal stamp in blood red ink that
> reads:
>
> "Important Information Concerning Your Tax Return"
>
> Now I live partially under a rock, sure, but even I
> know this isn't an Audit. They're announcing that I'm
> going to receive the highest possible rebate ($600
> whole bucks, no less), under W's recently decreed
> Death Sentence for Social Security, Medicare and
> management of the National Debt.
>
> I also know that there's only a 33 1/3% chance that
> this is, in fact, the case -- since 2 out of 3 of
> these missives were fired off errantly due to an IRS
> software glitch.
>
> Now this is all a slow-simmer kind of annoyance at
> this point. The real boil comes when I open the
> stupid thing ...
>
> And discover that it's really a campaign ad. Written
> in the most pandering, obsequious marketing language
> imaginable ... mercilessly flogging W's supposed
> "munificent, magnanimous benefecence in his visionary
> stewardship ... blah-blah-blah". Phooey!
>
> But then again, what did I expect?
>
> Don Rowe
>
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It may not be perfect, but it's the best system we've got here in the
USA.
Long live the US Constitution and the rights and responsibilities that
go with it.
Especially the rights granted by the Second Amendment, which make all
the other rights possible.
Off my red white and blue soapbox now,
Brei
--
After twenty-three years you'd think I could find
A way to let you know somehow
That I want to see your smiling face
Forty-five years from now.
--Stan Rogers
