Return to Article: House panel votes to bar outsourcing of tax debt collections
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28858
What could be more 'inherently governmental' than Federal Taxes? If Uncle Sam mandates that we pay them, then we should demand that HE protects them. Our federal obligations (which are not the same as personal choices) should never be farmed out to a private firm to profit from, BIG time. And you know it must be lucrative, for a private firm to even bother with it. It's not right.
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28850
I so agree with Joann. But the question - why did Congress think it would work this time? - raises something we all need to look at. Every single decision by this administration, every piece of proposed legislation or policy (that they would tell us about) serves to put more money into the hands of BIG BUSINESS. Not small ones, independent ones, entrepreneurs, etc, but BIG business, most especially BIG OIL. Look back, really analyze what's been happening - money used to be more present at more levels of society. Municipalities did not have to choose between providing a hot meal to a child in poverty OR providing some after school programs, there was enough to fund the real needs. But this has not been true since the current administration took over - their ultimate goals have very little to do with us down here earning a paycheck.
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28807
Outsourcing the collection of delinquent federal taxes was just plain stupid. It was tried once before and failed. What made Congress think it would work this time? No entity outside of those "who need to know" Social Security Numbers (jobs and banks) should have access to these numbers. That includes credit cards. Identity theft is "big business" today. It scares me because of the long-lasting problems it causes honest people.
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