IRS Spent $60,000 Producing Star Trek Parody

Posted by timothy on Saturday March 23, 2013 @07:34AM from the but-they're-stimulating-the-economy dept.

An anonymous reader writes According to the AP, the IRS is being "scolded for spending $60,000 dollars on an elaborate parody video that played at a 2010 conference. 'The video features an elaborate set depicting the control room, or bridge, of the spaceship featured in the hit TV show. IRS workers portray the characters, including one who plays Mr. Spock, complete with fake hair and pointed ears. The production value is high even though the acting is what one might expect from a bunch of tax collectors. In the video, the spaceship is approaching the planet 'Notax,' where alien identity theft appears to be a problem.' You can find the hilarious and/or nausea-inducing video on YouTube."

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Re:A manufactured controversy by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-23 08:10 · Score: 0, Flamebait

It is a big deal. If you're trying to learn how to use equipment and you work for the government, you have to make mind-numbingly dull videos or else it's a complete waste of taxpayer money. Basically, working for the government should be like Joe's office job at the beginning of Joe Versus The Volcano. Even then, you should be fired repeatedly because government is bad.