Private tax collection costs more

[Caro]

The IRS is privatizing tax collection, handing over our most personal information to private companies. And Congress wants us to think we’re saving money by doing it. From the New York Times :

Private tax collection costs more than it would cost to give the I.R.S. the resources to pursue the debts. Federal budgeting oddities only make it seem less costly. Private collection also raises serious concerns about fraud and privacy. Mark Everson, the I.R.S. commissioner, should fight hard for the resources the agency needs to do the job it clearly does best. Instead, he supports private collection, allowing the administration and Congress to indulge the fiction that they are saving money.

I have said this over and over again. Privatization of government functions ends up costing us taxpayers MORE, not less. Private companies have to make a profit, and government agencies do not. I contribute to companies’ profit when I buy their products and services, but that’s voluntary. I can’t not pay my taxes, no matter what the email spammers try to tell me. I don’t want my taxes to contribute to the profits of companies who get their fat government contracts due to legal bribery through campaign donations.

When that happens, I'm actually paying these crooks to fleece me.

Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com

[Deja Q]

1. sometimes, centralization is not a bad thing.

K&R

[acmejack]

2. re: I can't not pay my taxes

Tell that to Dr. Paula Rogge!
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This can't be the home of a 47-year-old practicing physician. It sits in the middle of a poor East Austin neighborhood, fitting in nicely with the other slightly tattered rent houses on its block. The front porch steps could use some paint, and the wood siding would benefit from an overhaul.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/vol18/issue32/xtra.wartax.html

[cassiepriam]

3. yes but lines the pockets of Bush and his corrupt pals.

I am sick of seeing my hard earned tax dollars wasted and stolen by this corrupt regime.