Re: spam

[OorQue@aol.com]

>  mmmmm jeff, in the light of your poke at eric fletcher, i feel compelled to
>  point out (and apologies in advance if i've got this wrong), but aren't
>  you/didn't you used to be in the tax business?  which means that you make
>  your living from telling people "how to stiff the irs for thousands of
>  dollars"?

Our business specialized in helping people *resolve* their tax problems, not 
just stiffing the IRS.  While there were a few clients who accomplished this 
with our help, they were generally people who were stuck with tax bills they 
really didn't owe (believe it or not but it *can* happen for a myriad of 
reasons) and thanks to our expertise, got off the hook, as they should have.  
The rest of our clients did it by filing for bankruptcy, which had nothing to 
do with us.

We didn't represent past or present tax protestors nor did we ever help 
people "beat the system" ... as for EF, when I discussed his tax situation 
with him -- he brought it up, by the way, not me -- he positively crowed 
about how he was able to convince the IRS to settle his balance due for 
pennies on the dollar (anybody who knows him, also knows that he *always* 
pays less or gets more than you do) and even intimated that he'd been 
exceedingly clever when filling out the financial statements they require as 
part of their Offer in Compromise process.  Needless to say, I listened to 
him politely and smiled...

>  that being so, i guess only the good ones get to drive s4's? ;-)

To be honest, Dave, my net worth is such that I *could* buy an S4 -- a dozen 
of them, in fact, and for cash -- but I am adverse to buying assets that 
depreciate.  That I live fairly modestly is a lifestyle choice not a 
financial one ... and, of course, since I didn't inherit any of it, all this 
money had to come from somewhere, didn't it?   :^)   

>  seriously, can we leave the moral commentary for politicians?

What moral commentary?

JG