12/06/2004

Oh, this is just fucking lovely

And will they care if you have already paid your taxes?

A plan to allow private firms to chase delinquent taxpayers has cleared the House and Senate, allowing companies that often gave largely to Republican candidates a gift – not only to they get to go after taxpayers – they get to keep as much as 25 percent commission for every dollar they track down. Excerpted from Sunday’s Washington Post.