en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/558940 Comments by edhere http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K06RG1#IDComment23402965 Your claim that "the IRS cost .25 cents for every dollar that they bring in from our tax revenue" is laughable (unless your text is interpreted literally as one quarter of a cent for every dollar, which may be closer to the truth). I believe your misconception might have come from an argument against a proposal to use collection agencies to collect owed taxes. I did not state that the rich in this country have a better tax rate. You guessed wrong. I pay taxes. Thu, 4 Jun 2009 22:36:34 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K06RG1#IDComment23402965 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483#IDComment23402717 You're right. The drudge drones have a point? What was I thinking?!?! Anyway, you almost got to the part of the article that indicites one measure by which our economy has improved: "The government said Thursday that the nation's unemployment rolls fell for the first time in 20 weeks. The Labor Department said the number of people filing for jobless benefits dropped by 15,000 to 6.7 million." Thu, 4 Jun 2009 22:30:29 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483#IDComment23402717 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483#IDComment23402104 Thank you! Thu, 4 Jun 2009 22:17:01 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483#IDComment23402104 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483#IDComment23399820 You're welcome. Thu, 4 Jun 2009 21:24:04 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483#IDComment23399820 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483#IDComment23399783 I don't get paid for this but thanks for the compliment of assuming I'm getting paid. Thu, 4 Jun 2009 21:23:19 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483#IDComment23399783 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K06RG1#IDComment23399589 Reasons for licensing tax preparers are mentioned in the article. Did you read it? Thu, 4 Jun 2009 21:18:53 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K06RG1#IDComment23399589 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K06RG1#IDComment23398469 I do not work for the IRS. I do not live off welfare. Thu, 4 Jun 2009 20:53:55 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K06RG1#IDComment23398469 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483#IDComment23395650 BTW, I absolutely love this sentence: "First post here by a liberal retard that can only call people names." Usually people at least put their hipocritical contradictions in different sentences. Thu, 4 Jun 2009 20:18:05 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483#IDComment23395650 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K06RG1#IDComment23395183 How do rich people pass the cost of paying taxes on to consumers? Thu, 4 Jun 2009 20:14:16 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K06RG1#IDComment23395183 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K06RG1#IDComment23392199 You think fraudulent preparers would put the right information there? Thu, 4 Jun 2009 20:02:07 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K06RG1#IDComment23392199 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483#IDComment23391180 Articles linked to by drudge tend to have a greater percentage of idiotic comments (obama is a Muslim, dril baby drill, global warming is a lie, etc.). I don't count your peak oil comments among them. Thu, 4 Jun 2009 19:57:18 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483#IDComment23391180 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483#IDComment23387336 I won't program myself with your word replacement suggestions. Why did you let drudge or rush warp your brain in this way? Talk about Kool Aid. Fact is that opening up more areas in America to drilling will not help gas prices much at all and it would take many years to see the miniscule effect which would be overwhelmed by peak oil. Thu, 4 Jun 2009 19:32:46 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483#IDComment23387336 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K06RG1#IDComment23385957 Which of my comments are you having trouble understanding? Thu, 4 Jun 2009 19:24:44 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K06RG1#IDComment23385957 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K06RG1#IDComment23384071 Wait, you would determine the need for licensing on the number of *investigations*? Do you really think that fraud among tax preparers only happens 200 times per year nationwide? The whole point is that it's very easy for tax preparers to get away with fraud currently. Thu, 4 Jun 2009 19:11:20 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K06RG1#IDComment23384071 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K06RG1#IDComment23383078 No, I was replying to Havok: "ABOLISH THE IRS / FLAT SALES TAX ONLY / That would fix more problems." Eliminating progressive taxation (via a federal sales tax for example) is big with the drudge drones. Thu, 4 Jun 2009 19:04:25 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K06RG1#IDComment23383078 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K06RG1#IDComment23382079 Yes, it doesn't really matter much to the drudge drones what the article is about. They'll be making false claims about Obama's religion and place of birth below soon enough. Thu, 4 Jun 2009 18:57:14 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K06RG1#IDComment23382079 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483#IDComment23381085 So much for "rational discusssion". Gas prices caused the recession? That's not rational -- that's krazy. What the heck is a fascist car? BTW, Obama is in favor of American nuclear energy as long as we dispose of nuclear waste properly. Thu, 4 Jun 2009 18:50:33 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483#IDComment23381085 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483#IDComment23380305 Admit it. You got here via drudge, didn't you? Anyway, why do you think high gas prices are a problem. I would think you would be in favor of prices being set by the market. Thu, 4 Jun 2009 18:44:24 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483#IDComment23380305 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K06RG1#IDComment23380209 I see the drudge drones got here first with their great tax plans...great for rich people. Thu, 4 Jun 2009 18:42:00 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K06RG1#IDComment23380209 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483#IDComment23379711 Funny thing is that the drudge drones may have a point. Obama is resonsible for helping to stabilize the American economy which, as this article points out, is increasing the price of oil. So now I'm taking bets on how long it takes them to switch over to making false claims about Obama's religion and birth. Thu, 4 Jun 2009 18:32:40 +0000 http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98K05483#IDComment23379711