{"id":131,"date":"2009-03-14T12:00:50","date_gmt":"2009-03-14T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigbfiles.wordpress.com\/?p=131"},"modified":"2009-03-14T12:00:50","modified_gmt":"2009-03-14T17:00:50","slug":"tax-cheaters-in-positions-of-power-americans-anger-and-a-taxpayers-letter-to-the-irs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigbmultimedia.com\/bigbfiles\/tax-cheaters-in-positions-of-power-americans-anger-and-a-taxpayers-letter-to-the-irs\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax cheaters in positions of power, Americans\u2019 anger, and a taxpayer\u2019s letter to the IRS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#002d00;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#002d00;\">Tax cheaters in positions of power, Americans\u2019 anger, and a taxpayer\u2019s letter to the IRS is the subject of this Big B File.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#002d00;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#002d00;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With all the controversy over a number of controversies involving the Barak Obama Adminstration in relation to the Tax Cheating of a number of nominees and a few cabinet officials in the past two months, and the unprecidented massive spending by Congress&#8230;many Americans, including yours truely (and jusifiably so) have been angered over this like never before. Mr. Ed Barnett of Wichita Falls, Texas <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesrecordnews.com\/news\/2009\/feb\/05\/no-headline---2-6_oped_letters\/\">wrote the following letter <\/a>to the IRS in <em>Times Record News <\/em>Newspaper in Wichita Falls, Texas:<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">Dear IRS,<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I am sorry to inform you that I will not be able to pay taxes owed April 15, but all is not lost.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I have paid these taxes: accounts receivable tax, building permit tax, CDL tax, cigarette tax, corporate income tax, dog license tax, federal income tax, unemployment tax, gasoline tax, hunting license tax, fishing license tax, waterfowl stamp tax, inheritance tax, inventory tax, liquor tax, luxury tax, Medicare tax, city, school and county property tax (up 33 percent last 4 years), real estate tax, social security tax, road usage tax, toll road tax, state and city sales tax, recreational vehicle tax, state franchise tax, state unemployment tax, telephone federal excise tax, telephone federal state and local surcharge tax, telephone minimum usage surcharge tax, telephone state and local tax, utility tax, vehicle license registration tax, capital gains tax, lease severance tax, oil and gas assessment tax, Colorado property tax, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma and New Mexico sales tax, and many more that I can\u2019t recall but I have run out of space and money.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When you do not receive my check April 15, just know that it is an honest mistake. Please treat me the same way you treated Congressmen Charles Rangel, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank and ex-Congressman Tom Daschle and, of course, your boss Timothy Geithner. No penalties and no interest.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. I will make at least a partial payment as soon as I get my stimulus check.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ed Barnett<\/li>\n<li>Wichita Falls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#000050;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#000050;\"><em>       <\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#002d00;font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#002d00;font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#002d00;font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#002d00;font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#002d00;font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#002d00;font-size:medium;\">With people like TreasurySecretary Timothy Geithner <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#002d00;font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#002d00;font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#333333;font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#333333;font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#333333;font-size:medium;\">(IRS Director answers to the Treasury Secretary) who have cheated for al least three years, this letter very humerously and precisely expresses the view of the Big B Files and millions of Americans who feel that if these people can basically get away with not paying taxes and penalties&#8230;not to mention being nominated for and\/or being confirmed into high positions of power in the U.S. Government, why should we pay our taxes if they don\u2019t do it themselves.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#002d00;font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#002d00;font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial;color:#002d00;font-size:medium;\">And that\u2019s the Big B Files. Click on the comments link below and tell me what you think . . . 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