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Politics & Religion / IRS employees owe millions in taxes
« Last post by DougMacG on November 19, 2024, 07:25:12 AM »
 Over 800 IRS employees owe millions in back taxes after audits pushed by Ernst.

Over 800 Internal Revenue Service employees still owe millions in back taxes despite heavy criticism from Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), who is hoping the level of tax waste will be squashed by billionaire Elon Musk, the newly tapped co-leader of the Department of Government Efficiency.

In a letter to the Iowa senator sent on Nov. 8 and shared exclusively with the Washington Examiner, the IRS noted that of the 2,044 employees who reported having balances totaling more than $12 million, 860 employees still have not paid overdue taxes. Only 20 of the 70 employees who “willfully evaded” paying their taxes were removed.

“We haven’t seen a tax revolt like this since the Boston Tea Party,” Ernst said in a statement. “If hardworking Americans dodge taxes, they are faced with steep fines and imprisonment, but it appears that tax collectors in Washington believe those rules are for thee but not for me.”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3231378/over-800-irs-owe-millions-back-taxes-ernst-push-regular-audits/
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Stephen Green:  Make Jodi Ernst the next IRS commissioner.
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Given the nations with connections to the severed cables, Occam's Razor says it was Russia.  Perhaps in response to Biden's approval of the US missiles into Kursk.
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Another defenestration. :-o

Strange how few Putin supporters in Russia fall out of windows 60 feet to their death.

This will be quite and exhaustive investigation.  Oh wait, are they already done with it?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1982153326?psc=1&language=en_US
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Politics & Religion / Re: Biden's cabinet
« Last post by DougMacG on November 19, 2024, 07:07:34 AM »


https://www.zerohedge.com/political/bidens-cabinet-nominees-were-completely-unqualified-compared-trumps


Does anyone remember the confirmation battles of 2021, after the disputedly close election?  Me neither.

Questionable qualifications?  Plenty.  From the article:
Xavier Becerra, HHS - not a doctor, he’s a lawyer, ex-attorney general of California

Jared Bernstein, Chair of Council of Economic Advisors - not an economist, Bachelor’s degree in music, masters in sociology

Pete Buttigieg, Transportation Secretary - no transportation background, Mayor of Indiana, “pothole Pete”

Mayorkas, DHS Secretary  - no security background, lawyer, Asst U.S. attorney, Obama transition team

Jennifer Granholm, Energy Secy -  no energy background, Michigan Governor

Gina Raimondo, Commerce Secretary - No trade background, Gov of Rhode Island

Deb Haaland, Interior Secy - New Mexico Congressman

And just for kicks…Bill Nye, the environmentalist “Science Guy” — no background in environmentalism or science, he’s a mechanical engineer and comedy writer
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Republican Senators who voted to confirm Merrick Garland as Attorney General:
Lisa Murkowski  R-Alaska
Chuck Grassley  R-Iowa
Jodi Ernst  R-Iowa
Jerry Moran  R-Kansas
Mitch McConnell  R-Kentucky
Bill Cassidy  R-Louisiana
Susan Collins  R-Maine
Roy Blunt  R-Missouri
Richard Burr  R-North Carolina
Thom Tillis  R-North Carolina
Rob Portman  R-Ohio
James Inhofe  R-Oklahoma
James Lankford  R-Oklahoma
Lindsey Graham  R-South Carolina
John Thune  R-South Dakota
Mike Rounds  R-South Dakota
John Cornyn  R-Texas
Mitt Romney  R-Utah
Shelly Moore Capito  R-West Virginia
Ron Johnson  R-Wisconsin
https://ballotpedia.org/Confirmation_process_for_Merrick_Garland_for_U.S._attorney_general#Confirmation_vote_roll_call

These 20 Republican Senators voted for (totalitarian?) Merrick Garland in addition to ALL of the Democrats.

There wasn't a confirmation fight.  Most of them, Johnson, Grassley, Ernst for example, did not want Democrats in power but respected the process that the President gets to pick his cabinet, and they hope that some day their colleagues across the aisle will return the favor.  Ha!

If not for double standards, this country might have none.
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Politics & Religion / Leon Panetta hypocracy
« Last post by ccp on November 19, 2024, 07:02:35 AM »
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/11/19/leon-panetta-bidens-national-security-record-not-one-that-really-stood-strong/

funny
I thought he told us Biden was really capable
I thought he told us Trump was a big threat

Didn't he sign on to that intelligence report disparaging DJT?

There were times I liked him.  And there other times I have heard him shredding any respect I ever had for him.
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" It's hard to know if it's revenge since it has been more than two years and two US election cycles since three Nordstream pipelines were blown up and our government has not told us who did that. "

funny how our intelligence can keep a secret when it wants to
but when it does not some unknown source calls the NYT or WP or CNN and "leaks" disparaging accusations against Trump.   never questioned never confirmed, just published headlines the day after going viral through the Dem media machine.
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Politics & Religion / Re: Two undersea cables cut
« Last post by DougMacG on November 19, 2024, 06:42:41 AM »
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/u-s-allies-warn-of-hybrid-warfare-after-two-undersea-cables-cut/ar-AA1ulDjy?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=ebde16ee04d14a649eb3c93f4dae6a54&ei=24

It's hard to know if it's revenge since it has been more than two years and two US election cycles since three Nordstream pipelines were blown up and our government has not told us who did that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord_Stream_pipelines_sabotage
 "after careful consideration, the Federal Government (Germany) has come to the conclusion that the question (who sabotaged the pipelines) cannot be answered for reasons of public interest"
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