IR Ass

Sherry Lynn Vertoch was sentenced in California for impersonating a Federal Agent and racking up a $55,000 bill at a hotel. She reportedly told the hotel managers that she was an IRS agent and implied that if she was not allowed to stay at the hotel that there might be tax implications for the owners. To be honest with you, I have no idea where to start with this one… Do I comment on the fact that the hotel staff is so absolutely terrified of the IRS that they allowed this woman to run up this enormous bill? Is it OK for people to be this terrorized by their own government that fear would drive them to be this stupid? The perpetrator was forced to pay back the money that she extorted from the hotel. What about the money that the IRS extorts from citizens every day? I’m sure their crimes by far outrank those of Vertoch’s by far. The income tax audit and the threat of it has been used as a weapon by the government since the days of Al Capone. Until the income tax has been done away with and replaced by a usage tax, the government will continue to wield their weapon with reckless abandon. Unfortunately, Obama’s spending will make sure that the income tax is here to stay.