Last week, prior to the recent NSA scandals, my Congressman was concerned about the recent IRS (maybe) scandals (on the NSA issue, so far I am unaware he even has an opinion,) his e-mail newsletter contained a “survey” on what I as a constituent tought of the IRS. However, instead of actually asking for my opinion he asked “I’m interested to know if you have ever been treated unfairly by the IRS. Have you ever had the following problems with the IRS? (Check as many as apply.)” An here are the options:
What I would like to know is how any of these choices, short of the particular one about obtaining tax exempt status, has anything to do with the issues at hand. Never mind that fact that one person’s definition of “delay” could easily be nowhere near reality if they have not expeience witht the process.
Sorry Congressman, I did not send a response to your completely partisan, let’s get the IRS, survey.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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What I would like to know is how any of these choices, short of the particular one about obtaining tax exempt status, has anything to do with the issues at hand. Never mind that fact that one person’s definition of “delay” could easily be nowhere near reality if they have not expeience witht the process.