Today on National Public Radio, I heard a report about the elimination of the IRS Direct File program by DJT's administration. After only one year in operation, Direct File is closed for business. The program was killed at the behest of lobbyists for tax preparers such as Intuit and H&R Block.
. . . and The Big Wheels keep on turnin'.
Moving right along, Professor Robert Reich lays down the law and tears monologist and tax dodger Josh Kornbluth a new one in Kornbluth's autobiographical 2015 comedy Love & Taxes. Astringently memorable to me is the following exchange between JK (asking how he can avoid paying taxes) and IRS Commissioner Sheldon S. Cohen (Reich):
Sheldon S. Cooper: "Mr. Kornbluth, without those taxes, there would be no money!"
Josh Kornbluth: "Okay, sir, I get that. But with all due respect, I think you're still kind of dodging the issue. I mean look, here we are in your beautiful office, right across the street from The White House. From what I can tell, sir, you have made quite a pretty penny from helping those pishers get out of paying their fair share."
SSC: "You don't know me, Mr. Kornbluth."
JK: "But, sir, I do know you. You're The Man. Your actions help this whole corrupt system fund its wars and bail out its corporations. While at the same time, the public schools, the libraries, health insurance -- everything I care about -- is falling apart!"
SSC: "Mr. Kornbluth, anyone can criticize the system. You don't like how the tax burden is allocated. You don't like public spending and where it goes. Then elect different representatives. It's on you, Mr. Kornbluth. I am not The Man. YOU . . . are The Man."
Today on National Public Radio, I heard a report about the elimination of the IRS Direct File program by DJT's administration. After only one year in operation, Direct File is closed for business. The program was killed at the behest of lobbyists for tax preparers such as Intuit and H&R Block.
. . . and The Big Wheels keep on turnin'.
Moving right along, Professor Robert Reich lays down the law and tears monologist and tax dodger Josh Kornbluth a new one in Kornbluth's autobiographical 2015 comedy Love & Taxes. Astringently memorable to me is the following exchange between JK (asking how he can avoid paying taxes) and IRS Commissioner Sheldon S. Cohen (Reich):
Sheldon S. Cooper: "Mr. Kornbluth, without those taxes, there would be no money!"
Josh Kornbluth: "Okay, sir, I get that. But with all due respect, I think you're still kind of dodging the issue. I mean look, here we are in your beautiful office, right across the street from The White House. From what I can tell, sir, you have made quite a pretty penny from helping those pishers get out of paying their fair share."
SSC: "You don't know me, Mr. Kornbluth."
JK: "But, sir, I do know you. You're The Man. Your actions help this whole corrupt system fund its wars and bail out its corporations. While at the same time, the public schools, the libraries, health insurance -- everything I care about -- is falling apart!"
SSC: "Mr. Kornbluth, anyone can criticize the system. You don't like how the tax burden is allocated. You don't like public spending and where it goes. Then elect different representatives. It's on you, Mr. Kornbluth. I am not The Man. YOU . . . are The Man."