Alex Future Bokov wrote:
Obviously, wasteful spending and mismanagment of tax dollars occurs.
However, a lot of good honest hard working men and women work in all
areas of the United States Federal Government. These honest hard working
men and women are very skilled in budget and finance and are doing an
excellent job managing tax dollars to keep America strong. Despite all
Mark Gaffney
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 09:02:10 -0500 (EST)
> From: Todd P Sobocinski <tsobo@engin.umich.edu>
> To: geekhumor@umich.edu
> Subject: Scam alert!
>
> WARNING! PLEASE READ IMMEDIATELY! THIS IS SERIOUS!
>
> If you get an envelope from a company called the Internal Revenue
> Service," DO NOT OPEN IT! This group operates a scam around this time
> every year. Their letter claims that you owe them money, which they
> will take and use to pay for the operation of essential functions of the
> United States government. This is untrue! The money the IRS collects is
> used to fund various other corporations which depend on subsidies to
> stay in business.
>
> This organization has ties to another shady outfit called the Social
> Security Administration, who claim to take money from your regular
> paychecks and save it for your retirement. In truth, the SSA uses the
> money to pay for the same misguided corporate welfare the IRS helps
> mastermind.
>
> These scam artists have bilked honest, hard working Americans out of
> billions of dollars. Don't be among them!
>
> FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!
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