In July, before rewarding themselves with more vacation days than you'll get over the next decade, the United States Senate actually addressed a real issue facing the nation.
This will never happen. It makes as much sense in the modern world as letting private companies run prisons and having contracts with states that allow for prisoner quotas and oh wait.
In the universe of all bad ideas, this is one of the worst.
Ever had a dispute with the IRS? I have, more than once, always because they fucked up. And even when it's their mistake, it takes months, sometimes years, for them to finally get it settled. Imagine now that on top of the IRS bureaucracy, you're now dealing with a private bill collector - one who only gets paid if he collects. You think he's going to give a fart in a high wind that the "debt" is due to IRS error? How much longer will it take for the error to be resolved when not only the IRS has to correct it in their system, but also has to let the collector know to stop trying to collect?
"So by all means, let’s empower shitbird collectors, who mislead and intimidate their targets, by setting them loose on the doorsteps of struggling Americans and giving them a slice of the revenue they collect.What could go wrong?"
So if they come after me all I have to do is tell the person from the Mumbai call center that that charge is currently in dispute and I'll never hear from them again? Excellent!
This will never happen. It makes as much sense in the modern world as letting private companies run prisons and having contracts with states that allow for prisoner quotas and oh wait.
In the universe of all bad ideas, this is one of the worst.
Ever had a dispute with the IRS? I have, more than once, always because they fucked up. And even when it's their mistake, it takes months, sometimes years, for them to finally get it settled. Imagine now that on top of the IRS bureaucracy, you're now dealing with a private bill collector - one who only gets paid if he collects. You think he's going to give a fart in a high wind that the "debt" is due to IRS error? How much longer will it take for the error to be resolved when not only the IRS has to correct it in their system, but also has to let the collector know to stop trying to collect?
So would this be a sort of Ferme général? Who gets to be Lavoisier? Or would this be more like Repo Man?
Sure. Just not the kind of dreams people like having ever.
and the Dems, in all their wisdom, have Schumer lined up to take Harry's job when he retires
SMH
"In fact, we’ve tried privatized tax collection before, including a smaller program from 2006-2009 that cost taxpayers millions of dollars."
Why cost taxpayers millions, when we can cost them ... BILLIONS?
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"So by all means, let’s empower shitbird collectors, who mislead and intimidate their targets, by setting them loose on the doorsteps of struggling Americans and giving them a slice of the revenue they collect.What could go wrong?"
What could go wrong?
You're funny. Rich people paying taxes. As if.
IRS collections getting outsourced. I'm beginning to see the usefulness of Second Amendment remedies ...
So if they come after me all I have to do is tell the person from the Mumbai call center that that charge is currently in dispute and I'll never hear from them again? Excellent!
"publicans" run "public houses" . . . shortened in the vernacular to "pub" . . . i like publicans!
[ you may be thinking of repuglicans ]
i believe the correct response to your question is "as close to everything as is humanly possible."
. . . and they would all have access to our Social Security numbers, credit card numbers and everything else about us worth selling.
oh crap, I'm becoming predictable.
. . . unless you're a republican.
A similar thing has happened in the past: the workhouse.