Posted on 06/25/2013 7:57:05 PM PDT by ReformationFan
As a follow up to my May 20th article, I have a new theory. The audacity and arrogance of our current government has reached heights that no one could have predicted. When the news came down last week that the IRS, while still under Congressional scrutiny was going to receive $70 million dollars in employee bonuses, I thought that I was listening to a late-show comedian telling a good joke.
It was no joke however. The truth is that yes, as ridiculous as it sounds, the IRS is scheduled to receive $70 million MORE of tax money to pay them for “a job well done”. Jumping out in front of all of this was Sen. Chuck Grassley (R.-Iowa) who argued that the government cutbacks caused by sequestration were supposed to stop these sorts of bonuses. In fact, the Office of Management and Budget has told government agencies to hold off on discretionary awards while under sequester.
Daniel Werfel who replaced Stephen Miller, who replaced Douglas Shulman as acting commissioner to the IRS has assured Congress and the American people that “big changes are coming to the IRS.” As recently as June 3, he seemed to win the confidence of members of the GOP when he put Lois Lerner on administrative leave and he pledged to be forthcoming with Congress.
What a difference two weeks make. Not only are things not changing, they seem to be getting worse. First of all, he missed the deadline directed by the White House for a 30 day report of the agency. The deadline came and went and now it “supposedly” will be ready by the end of June. Next came the news of the employee bonuses which is causing outrage among members of Congress and the American people.
This begs the question; why would
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Yes. most likely yes.
Who’s paying for those bonuses? Why the very people they targeted that actually pay taxes...conservatives.
it’s what Odungo has been doing since he took the oath....screwing the American people.
yes.
From the bath houses of Chicago to the presidency at that
The $70 million gets spread around. I’m willing to bet that seventy percent of it is given out in $3,000 checks or less. Take into consideration that taxes are taken out of this as well...so at the end, sadly, it’s really $55 million that goes into their hands, and the rest....to IRS and it’s pit of money.
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Who’s paying for those bonuses? Why the very people they targeted that actually pay taxes...conservatives.
How much sense does it make to steal from poor people?
Exactly. How does one “steal” nothing from someone?
Thought crossed my mind.
We do, of course, but then we're the great unwashed!
All bonuses...are taxable. Trust me....you can’t get a gov’t bonus without it passing the tax requirements (both state and federal). So a $3,000 check is really $2150 by the end-point. This is why I always preferred getting the administrative days off(you could get forty hours a year instead of the bonus).
I thought as much for many government employees but learning as much as we are about some IRS employees, I thought that they might have written different rules for themselves (kind of like Congress seems to do.......insider trading being returned, anyone!
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