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IRS Spent $60,000 Producing Star Trek Parody

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Re:Our Tax Dollars by TemperedAlchemist · · Score: 5, Funny

    Like the F-35?

    It can't even go to warp.

  2. Re:Our Tax Dollars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which F-35? The imaginary Navy one, or the imaginary Army one, or the imaginary Air Force one, or the imaginary combined version, or the imaginary one that won't kill the pilot due to mechanical and electrical failures?

  3. Re:Our Tax Dollars by leromarinvit · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, this is better than some of the things our government spends our tax dollars on...

    I agree. Make Star Trek parodies, not war!

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  4. The guy playing the captain... by macbeth66 · · Score: 4, Funny

    had a good screen presence. With a little training, he might be as good as William Shatner.

  5. IRS simply needs to increase the number of videos by retroworks · · Score: 3, Funny

    The cost of the video is so high because they haven't achieved a scale of production. We need them to produce entire series of Star Trek, then IRS Voyager, Next Generation Income Tax... then Star Wars, Mission Impossible, etc If enough auditors spend enough time producing enough of these videos, the cost per video will go down, which means the "rate of increase" of IRS spending on videos could go down.

    At least until the auditing period for the 1040 I'm working on today is expired. Then pull the plug.

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  6. Re:Wrong... by Deep+Esophagus · · Score: 3, Funny

    I lost it at "I've already spent my per diem for the day". An accounting wonk who doesn't know what "per diem" means? Guy needs a new job.

  7. Re:A manufactured controversy by Nimey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Could you keep going for a bit in that vein? I've almost got my Libertarian Talking-Points Bingo card filled out, you see.

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  8. Re:Our Tax Dollars by Macgrrl · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is beginning to sound parroty

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