(Cross-posted from The Free Speech Zone)
February 16th:
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Worried about a tax audit? Maybe you should be. More Americans than ever may be subject to unwanted attention from the Internal Revenue Service this season as the government pumps billions of dollars into tax collection.
More than 1.4 million Americans were audited last year, the most in a decade. Even more audits are expected as the Obama administration plans to spend $8.2 billion in tax enforcement initiatives in 2011, a nearly 10% increase over last year.
Hmm, why they doing that?
February 18th:
Republicans have complained that Mr. Obama is trying to make it appear in an election year that he is doing something about high annual deficits, which have become a big issue for independent voters especially. Yet whether or not the commission succeeds in sending proposals to Congress after Dec. 1, its deliberations will force both parties to address whether to raise more revenues and make long-range reductions in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security – the tough steps many economists say are essential to controlling a debt growing larger than the economy.
Translation?: Obama wants both parties to take the blame for having to fuck us out of money for revenue with tax hikes because, well, what do you want them to do? Tax the rich?!
ROTFLMFAO!!!!
That same day….