irs_1.html (fwd)

[Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com>]

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> From: maria@linux.nycmetro.com
> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 02:31:12 -0400
> Subject: irs_1.html

>    "These people have horrendous power, granted by (Congress)...it's
>    legitimate, but that's a big amount of power," a committee source, who
>    spoke on condition of anonymity, said.
>    
>    "To be able to take a residence on nothing more than a couple of
>    signatures," the source said, referring to the IRS's authority to
>    confiscate cars, homes and other property from people who owe taxes.

>    An IRS spokesman said the agency carried out the law as written by
>    Congress and that if mistakes were made, it tried to correct them.

>    "We deal with millions of taxpayers every year, and in the vast
>    majority of cases taxpayers feel that they are treated courteously and
>    professionally," he added.

Talk about clueless....


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