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IRS Spent $60,000 Producing Star Trek Parody
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."
This was pretty obviously a waste of money and unjustifiable...
Probably someone (junior) will be fired, hopefully someone senior will be prosecuted...
None of them have the political backing to really be protected.
Our banking overlords OTOH are only raping us for 10,000x more than this so it's hard to be too upset.
Companies make money buy producing goods and services that people choose to purchase over other things they might want or need. Government just takes it, whatever.
No, you didn't say that. You simply evaded the issue altogether and tried to change the subject from the $60k government waste to an irrelevant side issue. Typical left-wing debating strategy.