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Stockman bill allows taxpayers to use same lame excuses as IRS

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Re: Stockman bill allows taxpayers to use same lame excuses as IRS

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Post by jobu »

Computer failure, and they recycled the hard drives?! For legal reasons, most companies I've worked for remove and store the hard-drive from people's computers for several years. It's hard to believe a government agency wouldn't have similar data-retention rules.

Also: "In any case, IRS can see the NSA for a good, high quality copy."

I was thinking this as I read the post.

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Post by nmrm »

notblahbl4hblah wrote: post #3

Are you shitting me? Stockman is a grade a douchebag. Let me guess you still think that the IRS scandal is real? Also, I love how not paying your fair share is patriotic somehow. This site has become a fucking joke.

Your tone is less than constructive and I agree with the down-votes.

But I also have to agree with your assessment given the contents of the article. The bill typifies the sort of "you're so stupid/corrupt/ridiculous we can't even talk with each other" attitude that is causing so many problems of late. "Made me chuckle at those other people" does not constitute good leadership.

edit: the title of the bill is "The Dog Ate My Tax Receipts Act". Tell me that's not some juvenile and unbecoming of a representative of the government of the united states.

Re: Stockman bill allows taxpayers to use same lame excuses as IRS

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Post by notblahbl4hblah »

nmrm wrote: post #5
notblahbl4hblah wrote: post #3

Are you shitting me? Stockman is a grade a douchebag. Let me guess you still think that the IRS scandal is real? Also, I love how not paying your fair share is patriotic somehow. This site has become a fucking joke.

Your tone is less than constructive and I agree with the down-votes. But I also have to agree with your assessment given the contents of the article. The bill typifies the sort of "you're so stupid/corrupt/ridiculous we can't even talk with each other" attitude that is causing so many problems of late. "Made me chuckle at those other people" does not constitute good leadership. edit: the title of the bill is "The Dog…

Steve Stockman is "less than constructive". Anyone who would link to his site is brain dead. Just Google some of the crazy hatred this guy has put out there...

Re: Stockman bill allows taxpayers to use same lame excuses as IRS

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Post by everettForth »

Rep. Thomas Massie ( https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie ) , who is partially responsible for this: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/06/eff-statement-massie-l...

is going to serve on a hearing about lost IRS emails soon.

Supposedly, a "crashed computer" caused 2-years worth of Lois Lerner's emails to be lost, though many emails were recovered through "other sources."

He wants to know, does anyone have any questions he should ask the IRS? He says on Facebook that he will personally review all questions sent to him.

Re: Stockman bill allows taxpayers to use same lame excuses as IRS

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Post by notblahbl4hblah »

everettForth wrote: post #7

Rep. Thomas Massie ( https://twitter.com/RepThomasMassie ) , who is partially responsible for this: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/06/eff-statement-massie-l... is going to serve on a hearing about lost IRS emails soon. Supposedly, a "crashed computer" caused 2-years worth of Lois Lerner's emails to be lost, though many emails were recovered through "other sources." He wants to know, does anyone have any questions…

Ask him if he still wants to get rid of healthcare for poor people. How are you guys linking to tea party assholes?

Re: Stockman bill allows taxpayers to use same lame excuses as IRS

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Post by x0x0 »

So, for people who aren't tea-party morons, here's what actually happened:

The irs keeps 6 months of emails on tape; when investigators asked for emails in mid-2013, tape was available through late 2012.

Lerner's computer crashed in mid-2011, and there is contemporaneous documentation of this crash.

2011 in the future.

Some emails have been recovered the obvious way -- by querying the other parties.

one of many (nonmoronic) sources: http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/06/yet-another-ir...

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