IRS' case of missing laptop (Wired.com)

[GundamW]

Wired.com: IRS' case of missing laptops

So, the IRS actually issue guns to their agents? What are they gonna do? Shot someone when people don't pay up?

 

[Bulk Beef]

<< Grassley said that until the mystery PCs were unearthed, Congress could no longer take the IRS seriously when it asked for billions of dollars to spend on its highly touted modernization project. >>

Well that settles it. I'm not taking them seriously anymore either.

Oh wait a minute, they owe me money this year.

 

[samgau]

Jeez... thats pretty bad... probably a few million dollars worth of equipment.... its tax payers money.. they don't care...

 

[Amused]

<< Wired.com: IRS' case of missing laptops

So, the IRS actually issue guns to their agents? What are they gonna do? Shot someone when people don't pay up? >>



(I can't believe I'm about to defend the IRS)

Think about this for a second. You're the most hated government employee since the KGB. Would you want to go around unarmed?