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The Internal Revenue Service has dropped its legal push to require the Swiss bank UBS to disclose the names of scores of American clients suspected of offshore tax evasion, but the agency says it is ramping up its scrutiny of other banks, Lynnley Browning of The New York Times reported. The I.R.S. said on Tuesday [...]

Disappointed in Congress’ failure to pull the veil off of interest group campaign spending, two watchdog outfits have asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate Crossroads GPS, a conservative organization that is pouring millions of thousands of dollars into Republican races. The complaint, lodged by Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center, claims Crossroads is [...]

The denizens of Capitol Hill owed the government that they work for $9.3 million in back taxes at the end of last year, the Washington Post reported Thursday. The newspaper used Internal Revenue Service data to determine that 638 congressional employees — about 4 percent of the workforce on the Hill — owed the IRS [...]

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I received this in an email the other day some interesting and scary facts. I think it’s crazy that this country continues to let these ‘politicians’ spend and spend until they are red in the face. While we all sit here working our asses off trying to make a decent living to support our families. I respect the leadership and strength that was shown by our founding fathers but have not seen those qualities in any of the politicians that currently sit in D.C.. The answer to every problem this country faces can not be answered with another tax. If it were up to me sitting in Congress or the House would be handled like jury duty. We need to get the lifetime politicians out of Washington and back into real jobs so they can start paying some of these outrageous taxes.

Email posted below:

How many zeros in ONE billion? This is too true to be funny. The next time you hear a politician use the word ‘billion’ in a casual manner, think about whether you want the ‘politicians’ spending YOUR tax money.

ONE billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of it’s releases.

• ONE billion seconds ago it was 1959.
• ONE billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
• ONE billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
• ONE billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
• ONE billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our     government is spending it.

While this
thought is still fresh in our brain…

let’s take a look at New Orleans ..

It’s amazing what you can learn with some simple division.

Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D) is presently asking Congress for 250 BILLION DOLLARS to rebuild New Orleans.  Interesting number….what does it mean?

• Well… if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, and child) you each get $516,528.
• Or… if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.
• Or… if you are a family of four…your family gets $2,066,012.

Washington  , D.C . < HELLO! > Are all your calculators broken??

• Accounts Receivable Tax
• Building Permit Tax
• CDL License Tax
• Cigarette Tax
• keep going…
• Corporate Income Tax
• Dog License Tax
• Federal Income Tax
• Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
• Fishing License Tax
• Food License Tax
• Fuel Permit Tax
• Gasoline Tax
• keep going…
• Hunting License Tax
• Inheritance Tax
• Inventory Tax
• IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
• IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
• Liquor Tax
• Luxury Tax
• Marriage License Tax
• Medicare Tax
• Property Tax
• keep going…
• Real Estate Tax
• Service charge taxes
• Social Security Tax
• Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
• Sales Taxes
• Recreational Vehicle Tax
• School Tax
• keep going…
• State Income Tax
• State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
• Telephone Federal Excise Tax
• Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
• Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
• Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
• Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
• Telephone State and Local Tax
• Telephone Usage Charge Tax
• Utility Tax
• keep going…
• Vehicle License Registration Tax
• Vehicle Sales Tax
• Watercraft Registration Tax
• Well Permit Tax
• Workers Compensation Tax

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago..and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.. We had absolutely no national debt…We had the largest middle class in the world… and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

Related articles

• Obama Budget Has $1.9 Trillion Tax Rise for Richest, Businesses (businessweek.com)
• Obama budget would impose host of tax increases (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
• Deficit to Reach $1.3 Trillion in FY 2011 (online.wsj.com)
• Congress lets 50 tax breaks expire at end of ’09 (msnbc.msn.com)