“We are grateful to the courageous taxpayer who came forward to notify the United States attorney’s office of a corrupt public servant.”
~ U.S. Attorney Todd Jones is really just referring to that IRS agent who needed $9,700.
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What Happens When Congress Says, “We’ve Got Time. We’ll Get to It”
- Caleb Newquist
- October 16, 2010
“Ever since the tax cuts were enacted in 2001 and 2003, policy makers have known the law would expire at the end of 2010. That ‘drop dead’ date offered an auspicious way to galvanize a systematic effort to reform a tax system that is badly in need of repair. Instead, policy makers pretty much ignored the issue until just before the 2010 Congressional recess, when politically tinged efforts to extend some or all of the tax cuts finally began — a ‘debate’ that was too little, too narrow, and too late.”
~ William G. Gale, Miller Chair at the Brookings Institution and co-director of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
Charlie Rangel Is Perfectly Aware of the Allegations
- Caleb Newquist
- July 24, 2010
“I’m in the kitchen and I’m not walking out.”
~ The 80-year old Congressman would prefer you to bring it.
GAO: SEC Basically Needs to Replace Their Entire Accounting System
- Caleb Newquist
- November 19, 2010
“These material weaknesses are likely to continue to exist until the SEC’s accounting system is either significantly enhanced or replaced, key accounting activity in other systems is fully integrated with the accounting system at the transaction level, information security controls are significantly strengthened, and appropriate resources are dedicated to maintaining effective internal controls.”
~ From a report issued by the Government Accountability Office