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I feel like that would be the right thing to do.

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I have had nothing but pleasant experiences with the IRS, even when I owed them money. The people on the phone were friendly, helpful, and accommodating. I'm sure this administration will find some way to fuck that up.

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Not only do the ends justify the means but the ends amount to "Fuck y'all."

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And these people have had their legs cut out from under them with budget cuts by the Republican legislature. I know that it's considered a stretch to sympathize with the IRS, but every civil servant has become terribly familiar with being slapped around in public opinion while doing twice as much with half the personnel.

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The tax bill explains why the Republicans are so down on the government. They're really, really bad at governing.

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Joe works for Jeep in Toledo. UAW. You better believe he joined the moment he was off probation.

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Not to mention the managerial bureaucracy deciding to "incorporate private sector best practices", or force productivity speed ups via programs like Lean Six Sigma. Creating hostile working environments, pushing long time experienced career employees to the breaking point, forcing more work on fewer people, creating an environment for more on the job injuries or job related illnesses. The federal workforce has been shit on for years, and our benefits are the low hanging fruit in budget negotiations. While Democrats can be sketchy allies, Republicans absolutely screw us every chance they get.

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Be nice. She was an adult film actress, not a hooker. Yes, she was paid to have sex, but it was legal.

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I hated doing proofs. Evidently, I don't think logically. On the other hand, I loved diagramming sentences.

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Her porn name was Stormy Daniels. I'm assuming Stormy Weather was taken?

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Let's not even mention the trillions that people who cheat on their taxes get away with that aren't even detected.

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Giving BJ's to Russian oligarchs is not illegal...http://www.palmerreport.com...

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"Severe disapproval" doesn't work with psychopaths.

I've tried to talk with Republicans before.

1000% waste of time.

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We have also had good experiences with the IRS. It has, however, become really difficult to contact the IRS by phone. They no longer have the staffing for that.It is totally ridiculous. Defunding the IRS was definitely a Where the Wolves fuck move.

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Follow up question ; :if you can do the math on a postcard showing that the cost of something that 'seems an obvious thing to do' totally over shadows any benefit, and yet you still support that something the why the everloving fuck do you still have a job anywhere that requires financial acumen or rational thinking?" The answer, I suppose, would be that his current job does not require those things, it requires a deft tongue and a tolerance for ratfuckery. But I still wonder what his response might be.

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I think Rainbow and Applejack will be filing together too... https://uploads.disquscdn.c...

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