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  Boots on the ground is what the IRS needs. Plus, don't neglect going after fraud in small business. CID won't even accept fraud referrals unless the amount is high enough to make the news. More and better trained employees, cut out the wasteful private contractors and bargain with the union for a new contract. Employees leave quickly when offered a better deal elsewhere.

  NTEULauri Posted June 19, 2007 2:22 PM
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  Income tax should be eliminated along with capitol gains tax. There should be a progressive sales tax on all goods and services for everyone based on income.If the Postal Service were required to pay taxes every postal official in the country would be in jail.Fraudulent data, theft and nepotisum are the rule.Now with the "Forever stamp"they can have a real party. They get paid based on haw much mail they peocess. 25% of the mail they process is not delivered and they are telling the people that the cost of delivery will continue to go up and there is no public input.

  allen sanford Posted June 19, 2007 11:51 AM
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  Low level fraud, ie. Earned Income Credit (EIC) program has been nothing but "Free Money" for years and the tax preparers and their clients know it. The IRS considers this a cost of doing business by allowing the rest of us honest taxpayers to subsidize the fraud. Who said that crime doesn't pay? Congress doesn't care and neither does the IRS. So what changes? Nothing...

  Texas Bubba Posted June 14, 2007 6:32 PM
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  I am also against the farming out of Federal Obligations for Private Profit. Private debt collectors should stick with debt created by personal circumstances. But try to "chose" to pay federal taxes or not! The Feds should be responsible for managing the taxes they oblige us to pay, and NOT award a select 3 firms to profit from it. Federal Taxes truly are "inherently governmental".

  Katie Posted June 14, 2007 11:18 AM
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  Here is a prime example of the dishonesty of the Government's senior leaders, both Executive and Congressional. Having agency employees collect tax debts is cost effective when compared to using collection agencies, but we don't have enough resources (i.e., employees) to do that. The logical solution, one that any 5th grader would see as obvious, is to hire more employees. But "political" considerations, the need to be against big government, prevents that. So in a time of huge budget deficits, we waste money by hiring debt collectors over whom we have limited control rather than employees.

  wally Posted June 14, 2007 7:35 AM