AP poll finds majority of Americans oppose tax cuts  – If you believe this poll (which I don’t), the class warfare propaganda campaign to portray any tax cuts as taking food out of the mouth of starving kids for the benefit of the evil rich, is working. I’m sure the poll questions were slanted in this direction, as is SOP for the media who try to mold public opinion rather than just report on it.

Life In A FishBowl

One of the benefits of being President is the ability to share your private tax information with the public.  The details of Bush’s return have been revealed.  The one figure that stands out is the almost $70,000 of charitable contributions.  I can’t help but compare that with the $353 total for donations that Al Gore had on his tax return a few years back, on almost the same size income as the Bushes are reporting.  It just seems to perfectly illustrate the old maxim “actions speak louder than words.”  Bush is willing to put his money where his mouth is, while Gore and his Fellow Travelers in the JackAss Party like to talk a lot about supporting charitable causes, but can only be generous with other people’s (the taxpayers’) money.

KMK

Middle-Class Tax Burden Shrinking?

U.S. judge in Vegas extends temporary ban on no-income tax book – Anti-tax scammer Irwin Schiff loses another round.

As my critics constantly remind us, we should all feel so patriotic about sending as much of our money as possible to our rulers in DC because only they know how to spend it properly. We little people are just too stupid to spend our own money to do the most good.

IRS Horror Stories On TV

I just noticed, while reviewing today’s TV listings, that A&E will be broadcasting an hour long show called IRS Horror Stories at 11pm EDT tonight (check your local listings for your time zone).  I have not seen this show, but will be checking it out.  Here is the show’s description:

  An eye-opening probe into how the Internal Revenue Service, in its blind desire to collect taxes, has destroyed lives, ruined businesses, and damaged careers. In their first TV interviews, IRS employees describe how the agency has terrorized taxpayers, and how its managers continue to resist positive reform.  TV PG

Hopefully, this show will provide the truth to counterbalance the pervasive propaganda claiming that IRS has been so hamstrung by rules and budget problems that it is incapable of enforcing the tax laws.