They just used the tax code to get Al Capone. I'm sure we have a few more tools then Elliot Ness did back then, so we can feel free to dispense with it. You are correct about the lawyers... they thrive on complexity and ambiguity.
Larry Miller ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen Russell To: ProFox Email List Sent: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 17:07:13 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [OT] IRS -- keep it or do away with it? (was Re: Amount of money deposited into banks and IRS) On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Larry Miller wrote: > Excellent idea, as it would encourage investment and be based solely on > consumption... which we know the rich do at much higher levels than the poor. > However congress would have to be willing to give up the power to manipulate > us through the tax code. ------------------------------------------ Wasn't that tax code established to catch organized crime, Al Capone, in the first place. I want to have the consumption tax. I don't see a bunch of lawyers enacting a bill to put a lot of lawyers out of business. Sharks will take care of their own. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
