I posted this idea to the Obama transition website and almost instantly (3 minutes) received the following reply from a commentator:
"This is entirely going in the wrong direction. We have just seen $10 trillion of value evaporate. We need to regenerate that value as fast as possible and that means more hard work not less." http://citizensbriefingbook.change.gov/ideas/viewIdea.apexp?id=087800000004sAe&srPos=1&srKp=087 On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Max Sawicky <[email protected]> wrote: > That's the state of affairs now. Problem is, if IRS doesn't have the > resources > to chase people -- audits, criminal investigations, prosecutions, seizures -- > the threat becomes more hollow. You can't do audits on 40 million taxpayers. > The probability of being audited has decreased to nearly zilch. > > > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Bill Lear <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 11:42:16 (-0500) Max Sawicky writes: >>>How likely or how practical? How does the Gov find out how much time >>>off was granted? How does it check what information is provided? You >>>should ask these questions about every stimulus proposal. People >>>never do. >> >> But isn't much of contemporary accounting threat-based? I.e., give >> us the figures, which we will trust, but if we find out we lied to you, >> we'll throw you in jail. Couldn't this be easily added to tax forms >> for businesses? >> >> >> Bill >> _______________________________________________ >> pen-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >> > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Sandwichman _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
