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To: goldworldnet who wrote (5653)	5/9/2006 5:18:14 PM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

The most radical move FDR made was instituting withholding. Enacted as a wartime 'emergency,' of course. If Americans had to sit down every quarter and write a check to the IRS, we'd have a tax revolt.

To: goldworldnet who wrote (5653)	5/10/2006 9:39:00 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 14758

Color-Coded Cronyism at DHS(Michelle Malkin opines on Homeland Security) realclearpolitics.com ^ \| May 10, 2006 \| Michelle Malkin Who needs the government to tell us the status of homeland security? If you're not seeing five-alarm red over the perpetual chaos at DHS, you need to call the eye doctor. The Ontario (Calif.) Daily Bulletin reported Tuesday that Border Patrol agents are now ratting out Minutemen, immigration enforcement volunteers who have broken no laws, to Mexico. Yes, we are paying our federal immigration officers to gather intelligence on our own citizens -- and then turn it over to a foreign government intent on sabotaging our sovereignty. Deportation officers across the country continue to report that "catch and release" of illegal aliens remains the order of the day. A memo I obtained last week outlined desperate deck-chair shuffling by Border Patrol supervisors who are pulling dozens of detention and transport officers from around the country to assist in the border enforcement charade. President Bush is leading the amnesty bandwagon. And inside Department of Homeland Security headquarters, it's color-coded cronyism as usual. The latest fiasco involves Shirlington Limousine and Transportation Inc., a shady limousine company with millions of dollars in DHS contracts to shuttle its workers around the Beltway. That's right. When your tax dollars aren't subsidizing Border Patrol spies for Mexico, they're being used to foot the bill for "12 minibuses and 16 drivers to shuttle Homeland Security employees between the department's various offices in the Washington area" and "10 additional drivers to chauffeur department executive staffers in Homeland Security-owned sedans," according to the Associated Press. Shirlington's latest contract with DHS totals $21.2 million for a maximum of five years. (Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...