The IRS is now auditing people for the crime of being too poor. What they are doing is guessing how much it costs to live in a certain area and if you are poorer than that that, well, you must be cheating. So they will audit you. They will audit your relatives. They will audit the dirty old man who lives down the street.
For yes, Virginia, it is now a tax crime to be poor. The IRS won't go after the really rich, because they can afford top-flight tax lawyers to fight off the IRS. So they go after the people who are too poor to fight back.
Attacking the poor for being poor: Is Bush back in the White House? Did he sneak back in and change the locks? Will someone please take a look and let me know?
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Train-ing Them To Stay On Their Toes
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This is America. Being poor is a crime here. Just ask any homeless guy arrested for sitting on the sidewalk or falling asleep on a park bench, or any poor person whose car has been confiscated because it lacks current tags because he can't afford to get it fixed to pass emissions. America, the Land of Opportunity, if you're a member of the Lucky Sperm Club and your daddy's name is Hilton, that is...
- Badtux the Too-observant Penguin
Riiiight. You couldn't possibly be managing to scrape by on your reported income, so you must be CHEATING; your family & friends couldn't possibly afford to help you survive, so they must be CHEATING...
I'm reminded of a line from one of Leslie Fish's songs: "Sure, sharks make laws that sweep those little fish into their jaws."
"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread." -- Anatole France
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