Posted on 03/06/2015 12:48:11 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Mark Everson, a former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, is throwing his hat in the ring and running for president of the United States.
Everson was IRS commissioner from 2003 to 2007 and left to become president and CEO of the American Red Cross. He is currently vice chairman of the tax consulting firm alliantgroup and lives on Mississippis Gulf Coast. He recently gave an interview to Accounting Today about the impact of budget cuts on his old agency...
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Who?
What?
Well, he served under Ronald Reagan as well as George Bush. But, lest that might seem to make him a bit likelier, according to Wikipedia, “While at INS, he oversaw implementation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.”
In other words, he implemented Reagan’s biggest mistake.
Got that. Ron Paul and the IRS. Makes sense. In some other universe.
Sure, let’s give IRS a 5,000% budget increase, so they can erect a 15-story office building in every hamlet with a population greater than 100. Then the population will be fully protected.
The he really shouldn't be doing it.
He was also beefing last month about the IRS needing more resources to do its job.
There was this little scandal, too:
http://www.startribune.com/nation/11922081.html
A joke right? A piano player from a Nevada bordello would have a better chance of getting elected.
I hope he shows well so he can nab a good IRS reform/revenge/purge directory. Maybe secretary of Treasury.
Oh, and the #1 takeaway is: Don’t donate money to the Red Cross. It’s expensive parking all those temporarily unemployed politicians there and your money is mainly wasted on salaries and bribes.
Give locally. Food banks a good start.
I witnessed the good works of the Salvation Army during Katrina.
I saw him on Cavuto yesterday on Fox. He was great. He was talking about only keeping the income tax on the very highest earners, and dropping almost everyone else off the income tax for a partial Fair Tax plan.
The more conversation about the Fair Tax, the more people that will see that it is the best solution for many of our problems.
If someone with technical skills could post the Cavuto link, that would be great.
“Vote for me or I’ll have you audited!”
I'm sure we can count on this guy and his backers to help simplify the tax code, amirite??
He might have a chance if his opponent is a pedophile or sex trafficker.
bttt
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