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  • Collecting taxes, dispensing fear (Why do tax payers allow government intimidation?)

    04/10/2013 6:30:44 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 15 replies
    Washnigton Times ^ | 04/10/2013 | Richard Rahn
    Do you think you receive fair value for the money you spend on taxes? The fact is you don’t, because there is excessive corruption in both the way your tax money is collected and in the way it is spent. Many countries are notorious for the tax collectors being “on the take.” At the federal level, it is rare for an Internal Revenue Service agent to put his hand out, but that does not rule out considerable corruption. The corruption starts with Congress. Members of Congress “buy votes” by handing out “free stuff.” It includes expenditures on programs that few,...