THE IRS: OVERSTEPPING THEIR BOUNDARIES

THE IRS: OVERSTEPPING THEIR BOUNDARIES?

THESE DAYS EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO DO WITH THEIR ECONOMIC STIMULUS CHECK. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT EVERYONE WAS GOING TO RECEIVE $600. I WAS MISTAKEN. IN FACT, MANY LOW-INCOME CITIZENS WILL ONLY BE RECEIVING HALF OF THAT; $300. WHY? BECAUSE THE INFINITE WISDOM OF THE IRS DEDUCED THAT SOME PEOPLE DIDN’T PAY ENOUGH TAX. OF COURSE NOT, THEY DIDN’T MAKE ENOUGH MONEY. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS THE MOST! AREN’T THEY THE HARDEST HIT BY RISING FUEL COSTS AND ITS TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECT AT THE GROCERY STORE. SURELY, A GREAT NATION, LIKE OURS, COULD SHOW A LITTLE COMPASSION FOR THE SUFFERING OF ITS’ OWN PEOPLE.
IS PRESIDENT BUSH AWARE THAT THE IRS HAS TAKEN MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS AND DECIDED WHO WILL AND WILL NOT RECEIVE THE WHOLE STIMULUS CHECK. THE ONE THAT EVERYONE WAS SUPPOSED TO GET TO HELP BOLSTER THE ECONOMY. OUR PRESIDENT, HIMSELF, STOOD IN FRONT OF THE NATION AND TOLD US THAT WE COULD EXPECT SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS. THE $300 CHECK WILL BE JUST ENOUGH TO PAY A BILL OR TWO, WHEN IN FACT, THAT PLAN WAS DESIGNED TO BE A LITTLE BIT EXTRA SO THAT PEOPLE COULD GO OUT AND SPEND . IN MY OPINION, THE IRS HAS TRYING TO PROVE THAT IT IS MORE POWERFUL THAN THE PRESIDENT. IF THE IRS CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS, WHAT’S NEXT? CHARGE PEOPLE OUTRAGEOUS SUMS OF MONEY FOR BEING IN DEBT TO THEM? OH YEAH, THEY ALREADY DO.