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Strategies & Market Trends : Income Taxes and Record Keeping ( tax ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Colin Cody who wrote (1040)	4/16/1998 11:49:00 AM
From: Len	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5810

Thanks for making that point Colin. While yes, the IRS has abused their authority over the years, and made life miserable for countless people, most of us lose sight of where the problem lies. And that is with our elected officials, whom we don't hold accountable for the laws that THEY pass. Every single tax law on the books was drafted and passed by our House and Senate politicos, and passed into law by the President's signature. And the majority of those laws have their genesis in the special interest lobbyists that have an agenda to benefit their clients. Indeed, the laws are often actually drafted (written) by the lobbyists, and sometimes pass through the labyrinth unchanged. We have no one to blame but ourselves for the tax laws. They are passed by OUR elected officials.

To: Colin Cody who wrote (1040)	4/16/1998 9:37:00 PM
From: Shawn Donahue	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5810

Colin, <<Yeah, That Tax act scared a lot of people. Maybe that's what the republican's wanted? Re-election is coming near, and they are pointing fingers at the IRS! Never do I hear the republican's say that CONGRESS TELLS the IRS to be Big & Mean toward people.(g) Colin>> I should have guessed that you are a LIBERAL! Why is it that for 40 Years of a Democrat controlled Congress, there were never any IRS hearings to investigate abuses against innocent taxpayers? Because they used the IRS to intimidate American taxpayers into just shutup and pay their taxes and and try not to take too many of those legal deductions or we may have to AUDIT YOU!Not to forget those willing CPA accomplices that say "i wouldn't take that deduction if i were you, as it may send up a RED FLAG..sound familiar? Now we have Democrat Bill Clinton using the IRS and FBI to audit and investigate anyone that goes against his liberal policies.. .remember those poor people that worked in the White House Travel office that wanted to keep their jobs...but, since relatives in Arkansas figured the White House would be a great place to work and they loaded up their belongings and moved in with that jerk(sung to the tune of the Beverly Hill- Billies ;-), they were fired and audited by the IRS, not to mention many, many other Americans that Clinton wanted to keep quiet, imo. How about all those FBI files on over 200 Republicans..kind of makes Watergate seem like childsplay by comparison, as that was only eavesdropping! Whether you like it or not their will be more IRS hearings to make it stop threatening and in some cases fabricating evidence against honest taxpayers. Speaking of being honest..Why don't you admit that you don't have the type of friendly and positive personality to make it as a financial planner when the Flat Tax becomes a welcome reality? Now you have a captive audience that you can bark at in a condescending manner...because the current 7 Million word Internal Revenue Code is impossibly complex, economically destructive to small businesses and private investors, and morally unfair to hard working a productive people that are willing to work harder and take higher risks so that their children will have an easier life, but a 10 line Flat Tax of only 17%, a baseline of no taxes on the first $33,000 of income for a family of four, and do schedules needed as there will be no Capital Gains (double)tax, and they would no longer need to have to look at you or listen to your attitude. By the way, My CPA is in the Bahamas this week, he left early this morning, after having finished up the last few returns that he had to do for friends..not that he needs the money of course, with his stock and real estate investments...he doesn't worry about when the Flat Tax is a reality! How come you are not on vacation...it is April 16th, not the infamous APRIL 15th? I just wonder how long it will be before American Taxpayers wake up and get sick of this 7 million word tax code, 7 years of saving receipts, worrying about the infamous IRS audit, and see that the largest lobby against the Flat Tax are tax preparers and real estate agents- who don't realize that the more money that people are left to keep the more houses they will buy, not to mention have for helping others! Shawn