Time: Wed Dec 17 05:08:39 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA05476 for <pmitch@smtp-local.primenet.com>; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 04:55:55 -0700 (MST) by smtp01.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA00839; Wed, 17 Dec 1997 04:54:31 -0700 (MST) via SMTP by smtp01.primenet.com, id smtpd000819; Wed Dec 17 04:54:26 1997 Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 04:54:11 -0800 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: More Comment from our friend, the Great Late Revenue Officer ;-) (fwd) <snip> > >> > IRS RAISES APPROVAL LEVEL FOR PROPERTY SEIZURES >> > >> > WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service has established >> >interim procedures requiring higher level management approval of >> >seizures of property for nonpayment of federal taxes. >(large snip) > >Great Late Revenue Officer again provides us with his >anonymous comments: > >"It is accurate, I believe, that nothing of significance in outcome >will be seen, nothing discernable. > >It is simply another device, another effort in direct response to the >public outcry. However, the results will largely be the same. Perhaps >a very small percentage of people will avoid a seizure of their property >because of extra scrutiny. Usually, this would only help in the case of >a misdirected employee; someone being guided by his emotions who may >have let things get "personal" in the decision making process, or >someone less skilled in getting the results by using the other, less >drastic means available, or overlooked other obvious optional means or >even options which " IRM procedures" require first. So admittedly this >will eliminate a few seizures. But it will not eliminate the majority >of them, where the higher managers simply are trying to ensure that >their procedural rules are being followed. In these cases, all that is >generally happening is a delay of the enevitable. The real result is >that the "wheels of government are turning a bit slower". > >You are correct, because it does not address the real problem: employees >are following manuals and code which is being misapplied. So it is not >totally worthless, but is nearly totally worthless." > <snip> =========================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell, Sui Juris : Counselor at Law, federal witness 01 B.A.: Political Science, UCLA; M.S.: Public Administration, U.C.Irvine 02 tel: (520) 320-1514: machine; fax: (520) 320-1256: 24-hour/day-night 03 email: [address in tool bar] : using Eudora Pro 3.0.3 on 586 CPU 04 website: http://supremelaw.com : visit the Supreme Law Library now 05 ship to: c/o 2509 N. Campbell, #1776 : this is free speech, at its best 06 Tucson, Arizona state : state zone, not the federal zone 07 Postal Zone 85719/tdc : USPS delays first class w/o this 08 _____________________________________: Law is authority in written words 09 As agents of the Most High, we came here to establish justice. We shall 10 not leave, until our mission is accomplished and justice reigns eternal. 11 ======================================================================== 12 [This text formatted on-screen in Courier 11, non-proportional spacing.] 13
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