The IRS is like the delinquent teenage son of a rich man. He comes around after frittering all the money away that you gave him and obnoxiously asks for more. You don’t want to pay him anything because you know he’s going to blow most of that money, if not all of it, on the most brainless things.

I can see why the IRS feels they need to arm themselves. The question is…why have we allowed our spending to be so excessive that we need to ask honest citizens for SO MUCH?? Maybe they have pushed people and taxes them excessively especially given the times.

Oh, by the way, a 14-inch barrel is considered an NFA item and is suited for close quartered combat. This is a specialized weapon and more specifically an SBR. I guess they plan on repossessing businesses by force? Why didn’t they just buy handguns???

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“War is counter productive to the military industrial complex.”

do you even know what you are saying? war is the reason why the MIC was created in the first place! remember Eisenhower’s farewell speech (google it if you do not know). Take into consideration that the united states spends more money on military than the 10 nearest countries combined. War is anything but counterproductive for the MIC.

The childish fantasy is believing that the military industrial complex and corporations have nothing to do with government (and the belief that the damned thing is working the way it is supposed to)

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Corporations are their to make money. They are not welfare institutions. Government are welfare institutions. All they do is spend money. They don’t make money. They are not productive.

For example. the US military industrial complex is there to make money. They gain nothing by controlling the US government. Don’t use War as an example of how the military industrial complex is controlling the government.

War is counter productive to the military industrial complex. You look at how many huge contracts the industry lost when the US invaded Afghanistan and Iraqi. Comanche helo cancel (billions lost decades of R&D lost), Paladin Mobile Artillery cancel(billions lost decades of R&D lost), Sea Wolf cancel(billions lost decades of R&D lost), F-22 cancel (billions lost), etc. They are all canceled because they do not fit into the current war needs. These large contracts are for the survival of the corporation and now it is gone. Replaced by repairing and improving existing designs.

Trillions of future weapons sales all gone because of those two wars. The money are spent in other places that is not part of the military industry complex, like a car shop retrofitting existing land vehicles against IED or companies that make bullet proof glass that mainly sell to banks. You get the idea.

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i agree with subase’s satrical comment. that is already happening. why wish it any more?

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We are almost there.

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Ipse Dixit.

@ Jim

Classes don’t pay taxes, people do. If you increase the taxes on one group, especially the group that produces goods, services, and jobs, then the other groups who are dependent upon them will pay those taxes too, through higher prices on goods and services, and through fewer jobs. Corporations are tax collectors, not tax payers.

@ Tom Sawyer

You are correct. I was asserting a theoretical that “IF” corporations had ruled the world, we would be better off. I was not asserting the reality that the Federal Government rules the world and controls all major corporations with an iron fist, to the great detriment of us all.

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Not very important, just thought I should point out the glitch. Good post. I love this blog, i check it every day!

-dan

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Also, Jdunn you have your math wrong. The middle class will be paying less taxes this year, not more.

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in relation to the article, isn’t arming criminals illegal?

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I’d tell you who the rubes are, but they (corporations) make mirrors for that.

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I sense some dissonance between theft by large corporations and theft by small companies.

This is all just a phony ‘show of force’ to reassure the worried taxpayer that the government is on the job fighting tax evasion by the big bad wolf.

Meanwhile, corporate lobbyists rule the government, military/government contractor get rich off war and off the blood of soldiers and civilians and wall street almost causes a worldwide depression costing trillions, meanwhile they make billions and at the same time get billions from American taxpayers.

Blame the sheeple for believing in this nonsense.

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