Re: [Pen-l] Dean Baker: Getting the most bang for the stimulus buck

[Sandwichman <lumpoflabor@xxxxxxxxx>]

I posted this idea to the Obama transition website and almost
instantly (3 minutes) received the following reply from a commentator:

"This is entirely going in the wrong direction.  We have just seen $10
trillion of value evaporate.  We need to regenerate that value as fast
as possible and that means more hard work not less."

http://citizensbriefingbook.change.gov/ideas/viewIdea.apexp?id=087800000004sAe&srPos=1&srKp=087


On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Max Sawicky <maxbsawicky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That's the state of affairs now.  Problem is, if IRS doesn't have the resources
> to chase people -- audits, criminal investigations, prosecutions, seizures --
> the threat becomes more hollow.  You can't do audits on 40 million taxpayers.
> The probability of being audited has decreased to nearly zilch.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Bill Lear <rael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 11:42:16 (-0500) Max Sawicky writes:
>>>How likely or how practical?  How does the Gov find out how much time
>>>off was granted?  How does it check what information is provided?  You
>>>should ask these questions about every stimulus proposal.  People
>>>never do.
>>
>> But isn't much of contemporary accounting threat-based?  I.e., give
>> us the figures, which we will trust, but if we find out we lied to you,
>> we'll throw you in jail.  Couldn't this be easily added to tax forms
>> for businesses?
>>
>>
>> Bill
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