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The IRS sucks? Then we need more sucking! [View all] MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 OP

Employers send in taxes. former9thward Jun 2013 #1

The IRS has to go collect monies owed. PayPal simply denies the transaction if MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #3

Hmmm. I've been simply sending lots of money to the IRS for the past umpteen years Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #6

Why don't you try an experiment? MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #8

LOL SunSeeker Jun 2013 #42

. madokie Jun 2013 #57

That was kind of their point in post 1 joeglow3 Jun 2013 #64

The only reason employers send in taxes is so that the IRS doesn't come to the business TheDebbieDee Jun 2013 #10

No you don't know the law. former9thward Jun 2013 #14

You are as naive as you are rude! Businesses don't pay taxes or do anything TheDebbieDee Jun 2013 #31

You are an authoritarian. former9thward Jun 2013 #34

Grow up and open your eyes. We're not living in a Utopia. People don't always TheDebbieDee Jun 2013 #38

We should be more like... MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #41

That's hilarious. People go to PayPal voluntarily. They pay the vig voluntarily. Why are you rhett o rick Jun 2013 #13

The poster I was replying to brought up Pay Pal. former9thward Jun 2013 #17

And again I say that PayPal doesnt need the power of prison. I bet very few people try to stiff rhett o rick Jun 2013 #22

Is it even *possible* to stiff PayPal? MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #33

Greece has similar laws yet tax evasion is epic dsc Jun 2013 #28

Do you have a point here? nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #35

that the IRS deserves a bit of credit for the difference. dsc Jun 2013 #52

I appreciate your desperate attempts to sell the status quo but rhett o rick Jun 2013 #53

Comparing other countries is always very dangerous. former9thward Jun 2013 #37

Do Greek IRS employees go to baseball games? MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #39

The many, many self-employed in the US pay JDPriestly Jun 2013 #44

Why should we be paying for IRS employees to stay at hotels and go to baseball games? Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #2

Perhaps because it works? MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #4

So how many baseball games per year should every government employee attend at our expense, Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #5

I guess it depends on how good the seats are... I'd accept nothing less than Loge, Row AA... cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #9

Why doesn't Costco cut wages by 2/3rds? MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #11

would monetary bonus be OK? dsc Jun 2013 #12

No longer allowed. Cerridwen Jun 2013 #19

Why should average people who *never* receive a bonus Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #23

well I am an average or even below average in terms of income who just got a bonus dsc Jun 2013 #27

Instead of hating government employees because they haven't lost the things most of us used to get MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #30

Why don't "average people" receive bonuses? Maybe you're asking the wrong question. Cerridwen Jun 2013 #32

Are there any RW fallacies or bad ideas that you don't approve of Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #7

Wow. I never realized that free baseball games and fancy hotel stays for IRS employees Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #20

Taking care of employees is a time-honored progressive ideal. Cerridwen Jun 2013 #24

If one is to believe that you are what you purport yourself to be, "I never realized" Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #36

That's an excellent, insightful post. Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #40

It was nothing. Really. But back to the question, are there any? n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #49

Yes, that's the problem with America. Government employees. Hissyspit Jun 2013 #15

Well, when I want to go to a baseball game I go to Ticketmaster. Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #26

IMHO, this is the real IRS scandal. In 2012 there were 1.8 million identity theft victims. blue neen Jun 2013 #16

Perhaps if they spent more time on stuff like this, and less on swanky "conferences", Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #21

Let's hope that is what they were addressing at the conferences. blue neen Jun 2013 #25

The rightwing wants all employees to have low morale and operate like automated robots. No Fun. JaneyVee Jun 2013 #18

So in order to avoid this, all government employees should get to go to baseball games Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #29

Yeah rank and file government workers going to conferences and abelenkpe Jun 2013 #45

Oh no. Rumbled. Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #46

You're only being called put for being petty abelenkpe Jun 2013 #48

sorry, it is an outrageous use of taxpayer dollars cali Jun 2013 #55

I agree. Maybe some decent office parties though and paid vacations as well. JaneyVee Jun 2013 #59

Paid vacation is actually productive. Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #60

K & R SunSeeker Jun 2013 #43

It's an efficient model when madville Jun 2013 #47

Nah, I'm pretty sure most businesses would simply exploit that power to increase profits. Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #50

We have had opposite experiences then madville Jun 2013 #51

Or perhaps we are talking about different things. The topic is, I believe, efficiency, not profits. Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #63

Republicans spent $55 million on votes to repeal Obamacare ProSense Jun 2013 #54

Well, that is another utterly stupid waste of time, but I question the math. Nye Bevan Jun 2013 #58

I love it when people get distracted by non issues. nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #56

Manny I am tired of those buying the crap from the car thieve nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #61

I don't give a flying fuck of it's 1/100 of a percent, honey. It's still real money cali Jun 2013 #62

IRS is NOT efficient! Hardwarenuts Dec 2013 #65

Clearly a boot licker Bmore84 Nov 2014 #66