“When things get tough, this is what you should do: Make good art. I'm serious. Husband runs off with a politician -- make good art. Leg crushed and then eaten by a mutated boa constrictor -- make good art. IRS on your trail -- make good art. Cat exploded -- make good art. Someone on the Internet thinks what you're doing is stupid or evil or it's all been done before -- make good art.” ThinkingShouldArtDoneRunningEvilStupidSeriousInternetPoliticianHusbandToughCatLegsTrailsCrushedGood ArtIrsWhen Things Get Tough Author:Neil Gaiman
“Jay Carney, whose unenviable job is not to explain but to explain away what his employers say, calls the IRS’s behavior “inappropriate. ” No, using the salad fork for the entree is inappropriate. Using the Internal Revenue Service for political purposes is a criminal offense.” JobsPoliticalPurposeBehaviorCriminalsInternalsOffenseRevenueEmployersSaladForksInappropriateIrsEntrees Author:George Will
“The IRS takes your money. Congress uses our money to arm our enemies. The IRS takes more of your money. Congress uses that money to fight the enemies Congress just armed.” UseFightingEnemyArmsCongressIrs Author:Justin Amash
“What am I afraid of? The IRS. Thats it. I dont want those people knockin on my door, man.” PeopleMenWantDoorsIrs Author:Tracy Morgan
“We need to call what is happening out of Washington, D.C., what it is: Bureaucratic terrorism: If you want a list of stories, I could go through a bunch of them, and I could highlight a few: One of them was the IRS audit of my good friend Phil Hart, he's sitting in the audience today. That was bureaucratic terrorism.” IfsWantNeedsStoriesTodayInspiringAudienceHappeningsSittingTerrorismListsBunchInsaneInsightfulGood FriendHighlightsIrsHart Author:Matt Shea
“Today's political leaders demonstrate their low opinion of the public with every social law they pass. They believe that, if given the right to chose, the citizenry will probably make the wrong choice. Legislators do not think any more in terms of persuading people; they feel the need to force their agenda on the public at the point of a bayonet and the barrel of a gun, in the name of the IRS, the SEC, the FDA, the DEA, the EPA, or a multitude of other ABCs of government authority.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsFeelsBelieveGovernmentTodayLawPoliticalChoicesNamesGivenForceSocialTermLeaderOpinionAuthorityLowsGunAgendasMultitudesBarrelsLegislatorsPolitical LeadersIrsCitizenryFdaWrong ChoicesPersuadingBayonetsEpa Author:Mark Skousen
“Mr. Speaker, in 1848, Karl Marx said, a progressive income tax is needed to transfer wealth and power to the state. Thus, Marx's Communist Manifesto had as its major economic tenet a progressive income tax. Think about it, 1848 Karl Marx, Communism.... I say it is time to replace the progressive income tax with a national retail sales tax, and it is time to abolish the IRS, my colleagues. I yield back all the rules, regulations, fear, and intimidation of our current system.” ThinkingSaidStatesAmericaWealthEconomicNeededTaxesMajorsCurrentsIncomeCommunismYieldProgressiveCommunistSpeakersRegulationColleaguesTransfersIncome TaxAbolishIntimidationRetailIrsManifestosCommunist ManifestoSales TaxRetail Sales Author:James Traficant
“No one in America fully understands the constantly changing Internal Revenue Code. Agents of the IRS do not, judges do not, congressmen do not, and most assuredly taxpayers do not.” AmericaJudgingCongressAgentsCodeInternalsRevenueTaxpayersCongressmanIrsDo Not Judge Author:G. Edward Griffin
“Reports also suggest that Ernst and Young and other large tax preparation firms are sending tax returns overseas for processing. But the IRS has no control over tax information once it's been sent to India or another country.” CountryYoungInformationReturnTaxesIndiaPreparationFirmReportsProcessingIrsTax Returns Author:Melissa Bean
“While tax refunds amount to substantial income for many Americans, current IRS rules do not allow taxpayers to directly deposit their refund into more than one account.” AmountTaxesAccountsCurrentsIncomeTaxpayersIrsDepositsRefunds Author:Jim Cooper
“I hate it. I just do. That [artificial turf], local news, the IRS, and hair dryers are the four worst inventions of the century.” ScienceHateFourWorstCenturyHairNewsI HateInventionLocalsArtificialIrsTurfDryersLocal NewsHair Dryers Author:Beano Cook