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Author: Kim du Toit
“If You’ve Got Nothing To Hide…”
That was my reaction to this latest bit of Government bastardy:
The Biden administration has made clear its plan to beef up IRS auditing by expanding the agency’s funding and power. Biden’s latest proposal would require banks to turn over to the Internal Revenue Service bank account information for all accounts holding more than $600.
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“There’s a 99 percent compliance rate on wages – because wage earners get their earnings reported to the IRS,” a fact sheet says that was handed out by the White House to lawmakers to sell them on the plan. “But the super wealthy who get their income from unreported sources are able to hide their income and avoid paying the tax they owe. In fact, each year the top 1 percent chooses not to pay more than $160 billion in taxes.”
Just out of curiosity: if the “super wealthy” are not paying those taxes, how is the IRS able to put an actual number on that “uncollected” amount? Or is it just an estimated, i.e. invented number?
I note that there’s been some pushback:
“While the stated goal of this vast data collection is to uncover tax dodging by the wealthy, this proposal is not remotely targeted to that purpose or that population,” the letter said. “In addition to the significant privacy concerns, it would create tremendous liability for all affected parties by requiring the collection of financial information for nearly every American without proper explanation of how the IRS will store, protect, and use this enormous trove of personal financial information. We believe that this program is costly for all parties, not fit for purpose, and loaded with potential for unintended and serious negative consequences.”
That’s telling them. And it will be roundly ignored, as usual.
I don’t even want to talk about the intrusiveness of this motherfucking proposal because it just makes me want to sharpen my bayonet and oil the rope. As it is, my bayonet is sharp enough and if I oil the rope any more, it’ll be too difficult to tie the knot.
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At what point do we say, “Enough is enough?”
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No Screwing Around
At some point, you’d think that scumbags choirboys in Texas would get the hint that their little undocumented wealth redistribution plans may be a little more complicated here than they would be, say, in San Francisco or Portland. But no:
And:
Texas man chased down carjacker who dragged woman to her death
The story of the second one, while tragic, is noteworthy because without Our Hero, the cops would probably still be looking for the goblin. Instead, he faces the needle because there was a witness to the killing, and under Texas law he goes straight to the head of the line.
And it’s getting more difficult in other states, too:
An
allegedhome intruder attacked an armed homeowner in Atlanta, Georgia, Monday afternoon and was shot and killed.
He was inside the guy’s house, where he assumed room temperature after being ventilated. There’s no “alleged” about it.
KWCH reports that the incident occurred about 7 p.m., and the suspect allegedly started by pounding on a door at a neighbor’s house.
The suspect then focused on a second home, where the armed homeowner called the police and asked them to come quickly because he did not want to have to shoot the man. But the suspect allegedly kept attacking.
The homeowner said, “[He] threw 2 bricks through my window and tried to crawl through in my window and told me he was going to kill me and kinds of other things. So, unfortunately, I had to shoot him.”
Nothing unfortunate about it, old son; the son of a bitch sounds like he needed killing. Sadly, he’s only “critical”, but we can hope. Anyway, for all these heroes:
News Roundup
News presented as though it matters.
…and right on cue:
…and homeschoolers see their numbers increase. Until homeschoolers are also classed as “domestic terrorists” by the DOJ.
…in other news, Stevie Wonder decries the color of his car.
…also:
…and if you think that the second is not a maskirovka of the former, I have a NY bridge to sell you.
…and why not? It makes the same kind of sense all his other nominations have made.
…you don’t say. And because only 40% of the population vaccinated, death and chaos will ensue.
…says the man who still hasn’t realized that a) he’s pretty much irrelevant by now and b) that we’re going to ignore everything he says.
…if they were, I might just register as a Republican. As it is, though…
…looking for a) a conscience and b) equal treatment from the Left is a pointless exercise.
From the Heart Of Stone Department:
…this could only be funnier if the passenger turned out to be the groom.
And from the Department of the Blindingly Obvious:
…and in other news, Japan surrenders after A-bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
…okay, we’ll just go back to calling them “mothers-to-be”, until all those pregnant men start objecting to that too.
And INSIGNIFICA:
…because they want to close their money-losing magazine for good [sic].
And as a reminder of what Playboy models used to look like:
No girly-boy can ever compete… but that’s not gonna stop the Super-Woke descendants of Hugh Hefner, is it?
Today’s Earworm
Just a Moment in Paradise…
Confederacy Of Awful
In the traditional sense, the word “awful” had the precise opposite of its meaning today; something “awful” (or “awe-full”) created awe in the listener or viewer, rather than making one want to puke.
I suspect that “awe-full” was intended in the creation of this list. But as one who as World Emperor would impose a retroactive global ban on any structure taller than twenty floors, the list simply makes me want to head for the barf bag.
As far as I’m concerned, of course, “Ten Best Skyscrapers” could just as easily be “Ten Best Snakebites”. That this is an annual competition depresses me even more. Here’s one example, taken at random:
And, to add insult to injury, the “Tour Alto” (6th place) is in Paris.
Kill them all.