Pentagon may use IRS to find reservists

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FORTH WORTH, Texas, May 18 (UPI) -- The Defense Department has proposed using U.S. Internal Revenue Service data to track down reservists with which they have lost contact.

The measure, which department officials say has been vetted by its lawyers, would allow the Pentagon to access the addresses for tens of thousands of people who still face active-duty recall, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.

Congress and President Bush would have to approve an amendment to the tax code in order legalize the practice

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Part or all of nine of the Army's 10 active-duty divisions are operating in Iraq and Afghanistan; 167,000 reserves and National Guard troops are also on active duty.

Stop paying your taxes!

Hard to see how this plan could backfire.

Bryant
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Okay. Guess that'd work.

Isn't the IRS supposed to keep this information secret, only use in for the collecting of revenue. Oh, except for tracking down college loans, and let's see. Deadbeat Dads. that's it, I think. Now this. The IRS is a slippery slope to slavery.

and we are already there...

The whole IRS/taxation thing is pretty iffy......
:shrug:

Peace
DR

that I don't think we are at the bottom, yet.

:o