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The IRS vs. Open Source

Posted by timothy on from the why-are-you-depriving-them-of-revenue? dept.

simonstl writes "The IRS wasn't after just the Tea Party, Progressives, or Medical Marijuana: Open Source Software was a regular on IRS watch lists from 2010 to 2012. Did they think it was a for-profit scam, or did they just not understand the approach?"

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  1. Because it's a threat to the corporations by TWiTfan · · Score: 0, Troll

    And that's who the government REALLY works for.

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    The cow says "Moo." The dog says "Woof." The Timothy says "Thanks, valued customer. We appreciate your input."
  2. Re:Open Source is similar to the Tea Party ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Funny... Very funny. The "Tea Party" is for: government control of public morality, limited access to things that won't kill you (birth control, for example), and free access to things that will (i.e. guns). They are for the freedom to limit other people's freedoms, and for the tyranny of the majority over the minority; unless they find themselves in the minority that is, in which case they are for the tyranny of their minority over the majority. Tea Partiers are all for government handouts when it suits them, for example: "Government: hands off my Social Security" signs at most Tea Party rallies in 2010. They are also for massive subsidies to large corporations, especially when they are of the military-industrial variety, or of the oil-producing one. But no subsidies to people who actually need them, noooooooo...

    In short, the Tea Party is the GOP, and the GOP is the Tea Party. Don't let Fox News blind you. There's no such thing as "libertarianism". It's only a bunch of teenagers and retirees screaming "Gimme mine!".