WSJ Opinion Journal: opinionjournal.com
Also had this description of an 1988 IRS film for High School kids:
"Income Tax and You," the opening segment of
"Understanding Taxes," is riotously (though unwittingly)
funny. It features a suburban Chicago teenager named
Jake who wants a car and a date with the succulent
Samantha, his colleague at the local bike store. But Jake
realizes that the car is out of his reach when he gets his
first paycheck and discovers the taxman has taken his
cut. There's also a love triangle: Samantha is already
dating Henry, the shop's assistant manager, a bad boy
who is thinking of quitting the bike shop and evading taxes
by getting an off-the-books construction job that pays a
whopping $5 an hour.
Henry drives a silver Corvette. How he can afford such a
snazzy set of wheels is never explained, but it makes him
appear more desirable than the bike-bound Jake.
Samantha, however, turns out not to be the kind of girl
who's impressed by fancy cars. Instead, she is swept
away by the erotic allure of good citizenship, and
ultimately she rejects Henry and falls for Jake. The story
closes with Jake and a radiant Samantha, just before
sunset, on a tandem bike headed for a dance.
Accompanying the scene is Jake's mildly suggestive
voice-over: "So, like I said at the beginning, you never
know when voluntary compliance will come in handy." |
