. . . but he knew when to open his mouth:
“The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do
not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to the public welfare, is only
a species of legalized larceny. . . . .
more more more at http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Calvin.Coolidge.Quote.B6B6
(Would he have been targeted by our IRS?)
Pacer’s big man got “real” with mediums after letting one slip, paid $75G, mouthed lawyerly apology, Charles B. elevated him to 2nd-most-favorite player.
Basketball is a fun game!
After the 16th Amendment was ratified, an income tax was imposed starting in 1913 with rates ranging from 1 percent to 7 percent with the top rate applying only to incomes in excess of $500,000. . . . . The top rate exceeded 90 percent at its peak in the early 1950s. The first 1040 form — instructions and all — took up only four pages. Today there are some 4,000 pages of tax forms and instructions.
. . . . The IRS now has more enforcement personnel than the EPA, BATF, OSHA, FDA, and DEA combined. With its 115,000-man workforce, it has the power to search the property and financial documents of American citizens without a search warrant and to seize property from American citizens without a trial. It routinely does both.
. . . . the total cost to collect our federal taxes, including the effects on the economy as a whole adds up to an amazing 65 percent of all the tax dollars received annually.
. . . . IRS telephone information service has . . . given about one-third of all callers . . . the wrong answers to their questions. A 1987 General Accounting Office study found that 47 percent of a random sample of IRS correspondence — including demands for payments — contained errors. . . . a GAO audit of the IRS in 1993 found widespread evidence of financial malfeasance and gross negligence at the agency. The IRS could not account for 64 percent of its congressional appropriation!
They are the government and are here to help.
. . . Spotlight on V-board in action. At issue: Transit Related Retail Overlay District zoning exemptions — special cases, also known as variances for deviations. Deviant merchants here, what they are permitted as to use of land or use, etc. of buildings or structures.
Are you with this so far?
Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) decides these exceptions, requiring neither incitement — variance seekers go direct to them — nor approval by the V-board. These people decide, based on information given (and verified, we presume), and that’s it. But the rules of game, the criteria, are set by the uber-board, the trustees.
In any case, cutting to the chase (if I may speak a little trite here), what the trustees accepted last meeting, May 20, about standards etc. for variances, as above) comes before them tonight for a “first reading.” They talked it over on May 20 and…
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