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June 20, 2013

$70 Million in IRS Bonuses, Because, Go F*** Yourself
— Ace

Wow that Sequester was really draconian, huh?

Meanwhile, military and military-support workers are being furloughed.

People look out for their friends and allies, and they make sure their enemies are punished.

Posted by: Ace at 12:26 PM | Comments (137)
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1 First

Posted by: CSMBigBird at June 20, 2013 12:27 PM (jsWA8)

2 Does Boehner have the ability to zero out those turds/

Posted by: Captain Hate at June 20, 2013 12:28 PM (0Y/LU)

3 Hey What happened?

Posted by: CSMBigBird at June 20, 2013 12:28 PM (jsWA8)

4 GFY 24/7

Posted by: Bruce at June 20, 2013 12:28 PM (7Waan)

5 They need those bonuses because of all the stress involved with auditing all those rabid Tea Partiers.

Posted by: Dax at June 20, 2013 12:28 PM (ytpAl)

6 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 20, 2013 12:28 PM (/PCJa)

7 They need to hope I never get something terminal...

Posted by: CSMBigBird at June 20, 2013 12:28 PM (jsWA8)

8 Burn it down. Scatter the stones. Salt the earth where it stood.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 20, 2013 12:29 PM (/PCJa)

9 Why Moochelle could only bring 50 staff persons with her on this trip! The Sequestration cuts are DRACONIAN!!!!!1!!!!

Austerity is killing us!!!!1!!!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at June 20, 2013 12:29 PM (f9c2L)

10 Vote for REVENGE!

Posted by: President Obama at June 20, 2013 12:29 PM (27BfC)

11 They need those bonuses because of all the stress involved with auditing all those rabid Tea Partiers.

So...bounties.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at June 20, 2013 12:29 PM (ZKzrr)

12 Seriously? How many employees does the IRS have, and how many got bonuses, and how big were those bonuses?

That's a stunning amount of money.

Posted by: Dianna at June 20, 2013 12:29 PM (DV/Ik)

13 Thanks to the 52%! Eff them all. Where is AllenG when we need him?

Posted by: Jmel at June 20, 2013 12:29 PM (9tSXa)

14 let it burn baby burn! disco inferno!

Posted by: little debbie does dallas at June 20, 2013 12:29 PM (8JJ6O)

15 There he is!

Posted by: Jmel at June 20, 2013 12:30 PM (9tSXa)

16 100k employees....$70mm........about 700 bucks per....not bad for gov. work.

Posted by: BignJames at June 20, 2013 12:30 PM (20Mmk)

17 My hands are tied. I inherited my predecessor's bonus schedule.

*aside* Make sure Chris Matthews gets a crate of Lagavulin 16 Year Old.

Posted by: Barry O at June 20, 2013 12:30 PM (yKTI2)

18
$70 million in bonuses, $100 million for an Africa vacation, pretty soon you may actually feel like the sequester was just a sham.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 20, 2013 12:30 PM (7yJVd)

thanks, obama's stash!

signed, xxoo

his public sector thugs.

Posted by: joeindc44 will never be convinced at June 20, 2013 12:30 PM (QxSug)

20 How many MRAP vehicles can you haul out of Afghanistan for 70mil?

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at June 20, 2013 12:30 PM (bVGPI)

21 We must legalize 11 million new Democrat voters NOW, or the GOP will never be able to search for another hill to die on.

Posted by: holygoat at June 20, 2013 12:31 PM (IGIFh)

22 The government is trying to make veterans pay for Tricare as well. Sequester my ass. This is a great big FUCK YOU to the tax payers of this country. Abolish the IRS, go to the Flat Tax, then, clean out Congress....Elections have BIG consequences now.

Posted by: © Sponge at June 20, 2013 12:31 PM (xmcEQ)

23 Bush's fault!

Posted by: 0bamarama city dweller at June 20, 2013 12:31 PM (UiOkZ)

24 well, if filling the hearts of the peasants with terror was important, you'd get a bonus too.

Posted by: Captain Mallfly at June 20, 2013 12:32 PM (bJm7W)

25 You're doing God's work.

Posted by: Barry O Making it Rain at the IRS Gala at June 20, 2013 12:32 PM (yKTI2)

26 off off you damn dirty sock

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at June 20, 2013 12:32 PM (8JJ6O)

27 What kind of Customer Service would we get for 100 Million?

Posted by: garrett at June 20, 2013 12:33 PM (DAcx0)

28 What kind of Customer Service would we get for 100 Million?

Posted by: garrett

Like that old joke that ends "now we are just negotiating price".

Posted by: Roy at June 20, 2013 12:33 PM (VndSC)

29 I rather keep riffing on bad SyFy movies.Reality is so fucking depressing.

Posted by: steevy at June 20, 2013 12:33 PM (9XBK2)

30 Candygram.

Posted by: IRS landshark at June 20, 2013 12:33 PM (9+vDU)

31 The military eats cold meals in theater 'cause "fuck you, they don't vote Dem."

Posted by: RoyalOil at June 20, 2013 12:34 PM (VjL9S)

32 What kind of Customer Service would we get for 100 Million? For one thing, worse movies than we get from Asylum.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Producer, "AMPERSANDSTORM" at June 20, 2013 12:34 PM (zUi7I)

33 yes sir well evidently the American people so Barack Obama was great commander in chief thanks 52 percent go f*** yourself

Posted by: sven10077 at June 20, 2013 12:34 PM (QCnWT)

34 Sequester is one thing, taking away women's tampons is another. Curse Mitt Romney.

Posted by: nip at June 20, 2013 12:34 PM (lGVXf)

35 GFY 24/7

Posted by: Bruce at June 20, 2013 04:28 PM (7Waan)

May I add 365/366 depending on leap year. Good Lord we are doomed. Is there a moron pool when the shtf?

Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at June 20, 2013 12:34 PM (HVff2)

36 good time as ever to remind us all that obama's stealth campaign goal in 2008 was to create a civilian force about the size of the US military.

Posted by: joeindc44 will never be convinced at June 20, 2013 12:35 PM (QxSug)

37 Look wingnuts, if you want quality people doing quality work, you gotta pay them. Who knows what kind of morons we'd get working there if we didn't pay them an undeserved bonus.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at June 20, 2013 12:35 PM (+lsX1)

38 No more rage due to sequester.

Happy hour in T minus 25 minutes.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at June 20, 2013 12:35 PM (4Mv1T)

39 And where exactly is that bonus money coming from? Does the IRS have a huge slush fund?

Posted by: HH at June 20, 2013 12:35 PM (XXwdv)

Coming Soon:

I.R.S.INKHOLE

Posted by: garrett at June 20, 2013 12:35 PM (DAcx0)

They shouldn't call them...'Bonuses'.

They should at least be honest about it, and call them...'Fuck-the-Taxpayer Awards'.

Posted by: wheatie at June 20, 2013 12:36 PM (d2B9H)

42 Boner will stop this I'm sure.

Posted by: nip at June 20, 2013 12:36 PM (lGVXf)

Why do the Tea Party Haters keep arguing against these payments?

These were honestly negotiated arms-length contracts between the Union (praise be upon them), their government superiors (me and those working for me) and the Democrat Party (there to collect campaign contributions). It was hard fought stuff, every inch of the way.

I know the Marines aren't getting hot meals and all that shit, whine, whine, whine, but if they had a union they wouldn't be having this issue, so get real.

Posted by: President For Life Obama at June 20, 2013 12:36 PM (B5y+v)

44 and our guys in A-stan can't get hot meals on base some days federal government delenda est

Posted by: Jones in CO at June 20, 2013 12:36 PM (8sCoq)

45 And where exactly is that bonus money coming from? Does the IRS have a huge slush fund? Having a laundry room in the office building means something different for the IRS than it does most places.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 20, 2013 12:36 PM (/PCJa)

46 And where exactly is that bonus money coming from? Does the IRS have a huge slush fund?
=========
You wanna audit?

That kinda talk gets a fella audited 'round here.

Posted by: IRS Fuckweasel at June 20, 2013 12:37 PM (VjL9S)

47 What is $70 million when Dr. Chu blew over $500 million on Solyndra?

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 20, 2013 12:37 PM (FRe+O)

48 Yet they came after us for a 23 dollar discrepancy.

Posted by: Cap'n at June 20, 2013 12:37 PM (wsGWu)

49 Flowers.

Posted by: IRS landshark at June 20, 2013 12:37 PM (9+vDU)

50 Oops, go away fraudulent sailor!

Posted by: Lauren at June 20, 2013 12:38 PM (wsGWu)

All of these Collective Bargaining contracts with Govt Unions should be declared null and void.

The Taxpayers were not represented in the negotiations.

Posted by: wheatie at June 20, 2013 12:38 PM (d2B9H)

52 27 What kind of Customer Service would we get for 100 Million? Posted by: garrett at June 20, 2013 04:33 PM (DAcx0) about fifty cents worth

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at June 20, 2013 12:38 PM (8JJ6O)

53 What is $70 million when Dr. Chu blew over $500 million on Solyndra? One more straw on the camel's back?

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 20, 2013 12:38 PM (/PCJa)

Assholes.

I can't shop at the Commissary on Mondays or Tuesdays next month, but they get bonuses.

Pecking order.

Posted by: Mama AJ at June 20, 2013 12:38 PM (SUKHu)

55 $70 million would cover one year's rent of the base in Kyrgzystan that we are presently losing access to. Once Manos goes, then the US is dependent upon a tenuous lifeline through Pakistan to the sea.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 20, 2013 12:39 PM (FRe+O)

56 Mosiah 11:6 ...they were supported in their laziness, and in their idolatry, and in their whoredoms, by the taxes which king Noah had put upon his people; thus did the people labor exceedingly to support iniquity.

So many parallels for those who can see.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 20, 2013 12:39 PM (yKTI2)

57 meanwhile, the private sector starves and sees its pay cut in half. Nice Hunger Games set up, Bama.

Posted by: joeindc44 will never be convinced at June 20, 2013 12:39 PM (QxSug)

Related: Rush was reading the list of organizations that will be providing educational services in California, to help people understand Obamacare, and how to use the exchanges. Of course, these organizations are ALSO tasked with get-out-the-vote duties as part of the same function!

$900,000,000 being distributed to these orgs, like NAACP, unions, etc. All the usual suspects. And that's just California.

Our money. Going to line their pockets, so they can get people to vote for them.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 20, 2013 12:39 PM (TOk1P)

59 All of these ~~Collective Bargaining contracts with~~ Govt Unions should be declared null and void. FIFY.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 20, 2013 12:39 PM (/PCJa)

60 Moochelle spent more on her room for 1 night than the MRs. and I spent on our entire vacation including airfare and car rentals. And that was our first vacation in 2 years. The Obama's are spending enough on this one trip to rebuild basically all the houses destroyed at Breezy Point.

Posted by: Iblis at June 20, 2013 12:39 PM (9221z)

61
... that's a bunch of White House tours and Air traffic Controllers too.

Posted by: fixerupper at June 20, 2013 12:39 PM (nELVU)

62 Plumber.

Posted by: IRS landshark at June 20, 2013 12:40 PM (9+vDU)

63 If you assholes only knew how hard I work!

Not one of you jerks could do my job, you'd quit before the 9:37 1st Midmorning Break!

I'm going to audit all you SOBs--all of you all are getting an audit!!!

Posted by: IRS Fuckweasel at June 20, 2013 12:40 PM (VjL9S)

64 And what qualifies them for these bonuses? Grabbing more of our money.

Posted by: Lauren at June 20, 2013 12:41 PM (wsGWu)

Not that the shopping thing is a big deal; at least my husband is still getting paid the full amount.

Just really, really screwed up priorities.

Posted by: Mama AJ at June 20, 2013 12:41 PM (SUKHu)

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 20, 2013 04:38 PM (/PCJa)

The dead camel is stinking up my life.

Posted by: tsrblke at June 20, 2013 12:41 PM (GaqMa)

67 Bonuses for IRS scum is a slap in the face of America.

Posted by: maddogg at June 20, 2013 12:42 PM (OlN4e)

68 Obsidian Owl, that pulp title generator just might have conjured up the title for Sandra Fluke's autobiography.

The First Crevasse.

I think it could work.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 20, 2013 12:42 PM (FRe+O)

$70 million is what the box office would be if SHARKNADO came out in 3D.

Posted by: Roy at June 20, 2013 12:42 PM (VndSC)

70
.... and The Obama Administration stars in:

Scandelgeddon...... or ..... The NeverEnding Story II.

Posted by: fixerupper at June 20, 2013 12:42 PM (nELVU)

@60

Oh I agree, AllenG.

There should be no Govt Unions, at all...they are Anti-Taxpayer Unions.

Posted by: wheatie at June 20, 2013 12:42 PM (d2B9H)

>>> Once Manos goes, then the US is dependent upon a tenuous lifeline through Pakistan to the sea.

The Master will nto be pleased.

Posted by: Torgo at June 20, 2013 12:42 PM (DAcx0)

73 And we've got 3 1/2 more years of this asshat

Posted by: Iblis at June 20, 2013 12:43 PM (9221z)

Grabbing more of our money.

That's the business they are in and spend about 50% of the taxes to collect the taxes

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at June 20, 2013 12:43 PM (R8hU8)

75 I doubt all IRS workers got a bonus, , didn't Lerner get more?

oh yes..

Lerner received $17,220 for 2010, $14,691 for 2011 and $10,620 for 2012, the most recent year for which the IRS said data was available.

Her annual salary in 2009 and 2010 was $172,200, and $177,000 in 2011 and 2012. With the bonuses, Lerner was paid a total of $740,931 for the four-year period.

Reward those that Help us, blah blah our enemies.

Posted by: willow at June 20, 2013 12:43 PM (nqBYe)

It's hard to imagine why Zimmerman kept his incompetent lawyer, Mark O'Mara, after he put him and his wife at risk during the bond hearing.

Now, Zimmerman is being totally fucked by his co-attorney, Don West, who is in the process of losing the Frye hearing on voice experts.

Some people have a talent for picking losers.

Posted by: jwest at June 20, 2013 12:43 PM (u2a4R)

77 I fucking deserve that bonus.

You know I have to drive the base model IRS car to work? They wouldn't even give me the one with the 8-deck CD player!

And they only give me $75 per week for gas at the fleet fueling center!!! I have to drive 13 miles out of my way every time I want to fill up!!1

Fuck you guys, I earned that bonus!

Posted by: IRS Fuckweasel at June 20, 2013 12:44 PM (VjL9S)

78 At least in the good old days you just bought the right to be a tax collector for the king, and cleaned up. Now you have to join a bureaucracy. They even took the fun out of raping the peasants.

Posted by: George Orwell in his cups at June 20, 2013 12:44 PM (xw77v)

79 THE BALLS ON THESE GUYS!

Posted by: toby928© Red Partisan at June 20, 2013 12:44 PM (codCi)

80 I am wondering at this point with the rewarding everyone and giving us the finger while laughing (you know they are).

There is really any expectation it will have to be paid back?

i'm not sure anymore. just spend , spend , spend.

Posted by: willow at June 20, 2013 12:45 PM (nqBYe)

81 And what qualifies them for these bonuses? Grabbing more of our money. Actually, that's a good point. Do you think they get bonuses for finding deductions people missed and giving them more of their money back? Or do you think they get bonuses based on how many audits they do and what the total "settlements" they achieve are worth? I know which of those I'd bet on.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 20, 2013 12:45 PM (/PCJa)

67 -

Honest answer? Performance evaluations. Your boss gives you a good eval, you give your subordinates good evals, your bosses boss gives him/her good evals, everybody's swinging from the trees flinging money around to each other!

That's how you qualify for a bonus.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 20, 2013 12:45 PM (TOk1P)

83 83 THE BALLS ON THESE GUYS!
And that's just Lois Lerner.

Posted by: Roy at June 20, 2013 12:45 PM (VndSC)

84 Is jwest related to Don?

Posted by: andycanuck at June 20, 2013 12:45 PM (9+vDU)

85

.... heh. They misspelled bone-us

Posted by: fixerupper at June 20, 2013 12:46 PM (nELVU)

67 And what qualifies them for these bonuses?

It would be nice to see the 'criteria' that is used to determine who is awarded these bonuses.

"For meritorious service in fucking over the most taxpayers, beyond the call of duty"...?

Posted by: wheatie at June 20, 2013 12:47 PM (d2B9H)

87 If only the pos Paul Ryan were as concerned about the economic impact of 25 million new illiterate third worlders.

Posted by: ejo at June 20, 2013 12:47 PM (GXvSO)

88 Morality, decency, honor....she's all missing in DC. Rotting from within indeed. The entire thing is an unholy sham on the American people.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 20, 2013 12:47 PM (ovWeo)

89 Your boss gives you a good eval, you give your subordinates good evals, your bosses boss gives him/her good evals, everybody's swinging from the trees flinging money around to each other! Sure, but those "evals" have to be based on something. Call me Mr. Cynical, but I'm not thinking that "something" is how much money they gave back to the American tax-payer.

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 20, 2013 12:47 PM (/PCJa)

90 >Salt the earth where it stood.
With all that hot radwaste we were going to put into Yucca Mountain.

Posted by: sum(random) at June 20, 2013 12:48 PM (UCyxd)

91

.... heh. They misspelled bone-us

Ah, there it is.

Threadwinner, fixerupper.

Posted by: wheatie at June 20, 2013 12:49 PM (d2B9H)

92 Look at ME!

Posted by: Topless Obama on a Horse at June 20, 2013 12:49 PM (yKTI2)

93 so when we take Obama's 2008 pre election campaigning and comments since to Heart, are we conspiracy nuts?

Posted by: willow at June 20, 2013 12:49 PM (nqBYe)

94 I'm sorry, I missed the rational explanation as to why government workers get bonuses. I'm sure there is one. Positive. Yuppers.

Posted by: alexthechick - Bring the SMOD at June 20, 2013 12:50 PM (VtjlW)

Posted by: BurtTC at June 20, 2013 04:45 PM (TOk1P)

No, you qualify for a bonus by being a Good Union Member, who pays off Politicians with Campaign funds, so they can give you Bonuses...

Posted by: The AntiMandarin at June 20, 2013 12:50 PM (lZBBB)

96 Yes; very good, fixerupper.

Posted by: andycanuck at June 20, 2013 12:50 PM (9+vDU)

97 " Call me Mr. Cynical, but I'm not thinking that "something" is how much money they gave back to the American tax-payer." Yep, that's my guess as well.

Posted by: Lauren at June 20, 2013 12:51 PM (wsGWu)

98 alex dunno, many of got the bonus of losing our previous jobs, insurance, lifestyles, pensions, and future hope.

Posted by: willow at June 20, 2013 12:51 PM (nqBYe)

Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at June 20, 2013 04:47 PM (/PCJa)

At least for my wife's job she has to set out a series of 4-5 goals and then is graded on how well she's achieved those goals.

It's really designed to encourage people to aim low I suppose. (Strangely my wife never does, which is why her resume for promotions includes a quote where her boss's boss's boss said "She's done what we all thought was impossible." (She manages to at least get above average on most of her reviews, which are apparently assigned to a curve.)

Posted by: tsrblke at June 20, 2013 12:52 PM (GaqMa)

100

95 -

It's not based on anything. You go in for your annual review, they have a list of things, and you have a checkbox for each. Meets, Exceeds, or Fails to Meet Expectations.

Get enough "Exceeds" and you get a bonus. Simple as that. Nobody is measuring you except your boss. There is no objective standard.

Again, you must understand, this is NOT like the real world. Anyone who has ever worked for government can tell you this, and I get the impression people who never did have no idea. You know in theory, but you don't really know, if you never lived it.

Posted by: BurtTC at June 20, 2013 12:52 PM (TOk1P)

101 Speaking of fraud-waste-and-abuse....

US abandoning vehicles and supplies in Afghanistan including MRAP vehicles.
http://tinyurl.com/m9w8zqd

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 20, 2013 12:52 PM (FRe+O)

102 More provocation. You might almost think that the Obama administration wants to see a violent uprising.

Posted by: rickl at June 20, 2013 12:52 PM (zoehZ)

103 Bonuses for IRS scum is a slap in the face of America.

Posted by: maddogg at June 20, 2013 04:42 PM (OlN4e)

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Three and a half more years of, "Fuck you, bitchez".

Posted by: Soona at June 20, 2013 12:53 PM (GIlRF)

104 More provocation.

You might almost think that the Obama administration wants to see a violent uprising.

Posted by: rickl at June 20, 2013 04:52 PM (zoehZ)

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This is exactly what it is.

Posted by: Soona at June 20, 2013 12:54 PM (GIlRF)

105 Y'all are gonna want to get to the new thread....stat.

Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at June 20, 2013 12:54 PM (X6akg)

106 109 Bonuses for IRS scum is a slap in the face of America.
Posted by: maddogg at June 20, 2013 04:42 PM (OlN4e)

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Three and a half more years of, "Fuck you, bitchez".

Posted by: Soona at June 20, 2013 04:53 PM (GIlRF)

Yeah.... because I'm SURE the IRS never got a bonus under Bush.... /facepalm

the problem is systemic...

Posted by: The AntiMandarin at June 20, 2013 12:54 PM (lZBBB)

107 Anna, certifying them clean of FMD is a problem.

Posted by: Jean at June 20, 2013 12:54 PM (CMlD4)

108 These guys in the IRS? They are sorta dicks, aren't they?

Posted by: Negative Vibe Moriarity at June 20, 2013 12:55 PM (RFeQD)

109 -353.87 (-2.34%)

Posted by: DJIA Death Watch at June 20, 2013 12:55 PM (codCi)

110 Actually, the explanation is this: we are in the part of the dissolution of the country during which everybody is determined to "get theirs" while anything yet remains. Hence, bonuses during sequester.

Posted by: Juan de Hattatime at June 20, 2013 12:55 PM (CqZmo)

111 Anna, of course driving thru Tehran would be a better option.

Posted by: Jean at June 20, 2013 12:56 PM (CMlD4)

112

110 More provocation. You might almost think that the Obama administration wants to see a violent uprising.

Posted by: rickl at June 20, 2013 04:52 PM (zoehZ)

Democracies fall due to loose fiscal Policy, when the Electorate discovers they can vote themselves Free Shit...

this is almost always followed by a Dictatorship.

The ONLY way Obama can be said Dictator, is if he is still President when things fall apart...

Posted by: History... yelling Again! at June 20, 2013 12:56 PM (lZBBB)

113 Next you're going to tell me we don't deserve to have both sprinkle and chocolate donuts in addition to the glazed delivered fresh daily!!!

What's fucking next? You going to make us start paying for the Cokes and Red Bulls???!

Posted by: IRS Fuckweasel at June 20, 2013 12:58 PM (VjL9S)

114 FMD? Are you talking making sure there is no strange dirt or bugs coming back trapped in the undercarriage?

Ship it all to Guam just to make Hank Johnson worry the island will tip over. Inspect and sanitize there.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at June 20, 2013 12:58 PM (FRe+O)

115 Union scum.

Posted by: Mil-Dot at June 20, 2013 12:59 PM (Cs2tJ)

116
What gets me is that it's like pulling teeth to get Republicans to talk about about unemployment and gas prices. Even during 2012, we had to beg the Republicans to mention these issues.

Posted by: soothsayer at June 20, 2013 12:59 PM (ZgBZU)

117 As Diogene's Lamp always says, we will get no action on this stuff until the MSM is decisively defeated.

Posted by: Juan de Hattatime at June 20, 2013 01:02 PM (CqZmo)

118 I'll just bet that even those IRS scofflaws "on vacation" will receive sizable quantities of my tax monies. Amirite?

Posted by: dfbaskwill at June 20, 2013 01:02 PM (ndlFj)

119 That's about 660 dollars per person. #106 in theory bonuses are used to motivate employees to work harder to take on difficult or (non-politically) risky tasks... As in if you fail you just wasted a ton of time but succeed and gains are achieved. People work harder if they can achieve better, regardless of the malicious and graftish nature of other govt branches. I have two speeds... One is, I will benefit from my work, the other is I won't. If I don't think I'm in the first case then you better believe I'm in the second. ---- I don't know why people haven't foia-ed or looked through those recieving large bonuses, particularly those who need presidential sign-off. There will be a few that are out right corruption but you never know

Posted by: Former Mass. Resident at June 20, 2013 01:04 PM (bR2AR)

120 An over riding comment about yesterday's rally was the fact that the grounds were in terrible condition. The lawns were deep. It bothered people. They chalked it up to "the sequester" and sort of accepted it but didn't want to accept it because this is our nation's capitol, a reflection of all of us, and it should never be anything but meticulous. And then they heard about the IRS bonuses this morning and it got people even more upset. Some lawnmower manufacturer, someone who manufactures in the United States of America, should make it a point to mow those lawns.

Posted by: Snarky the Bear at June 20, 2013 01:12 PM (/b8+5)

121 Great topic, but this post has been usurped by Kate Upton.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at June 20, 2013 01:13 PM (n8LUb)

122 Ace, provided a gathering spot for the usurpers. http://minx.cc/?post=341080

Posted by: Snarky the Bear at June 20, 2013 01:15 PM (/b8+5)

123 Now we understand why the IRS needs so many rounds of 9mm Hollow Point ammo; somebody has to protect the IRS agents from the angry mobs, with pitchforks and torches, surrounding their buildings.

Posted by: [/i] [/b] [/u] [/s] An Observation at June 20, 2013 01:16 PM (ylhEn)

124 That makes my blood boil! I am for eliminating the IRS.

Posted by: CarolT at June 20, 2013 01:19 PM (Hw3Gh)

125 Hitler gave out bonuses to his SS

Posted by: Barry Soetoro at June 20, 2013 01:23 PM (Q63S1)

126 Well, they called this s-storm down on themselves. Our agency is abiding by the sequester and we're not getting bonuses or anything. Man, the IRS must WANT to be eliminated.

Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at June 20, 2013 01:28 PM (7v5Ct)

127 That money should be refunded to taxpayers, they harassed conservatives & audited big $ Romney supporters. Screw them, fire all of them & no pension. They can't give servicemen and women hot meals, when one of those meals could be their last, but give These partisan hacks bonuses!

Posted by: CarolT at June 20, 2013 01:31 PM (DVPta)

128 >>> Once Manos goes, then the US is dependent upon a tenuous lifeline through Pakistan to the sea.

The Master will [not] be pleased.

Posted by: Torgo at June 20, 2013 04:42 PM (DAcx0)

You guys crack me the hell up.

Posted by: troyriser at June 20, 2013 01:34 PM (vtiE6)

129 Seriously, eff those pieces of steaming feces at the IRS. All of them.

Posted by: Jim Scrummy at June 20, 2013 01:36 PM (4VfpG)

130 Oh, and the more $$ your salary, the bigger your (personal) bonus is. That $70 million is not divided up evenly between the big bosses and the little cogs.

Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at June 20, 2013 01:37 PM (7v5Ct)

131 Lets send the IRS to audit the fucking Taliban. Thats $80 million of entertainment right there. Hell, the Pay Per View deal alone will be worth orders of magnitude more.

Posted by: NSA at June 20, 2013 01:38 PM (B5y+v)

132 I was reading something before here about who is seriously planning to run in 2016. Rubio, Paul & Cruz. If Rubio thinks he has a chance he's delusional. Rick Santorum was on list too, he does nothing for me. The only thing he has going for him is that he was the last ABR candidate to fall into favor.

Posted by: CarolT at June 20, 2013 01:39 PM (2x+V2)

133 So...what good does a vote do when NSA can get in there and make necessary 'adjustments'?

Posted by: NCwoof at June 20, 2013 02:02 PM (aUQgu)

134 When it all breaks down, I am going to go get all my tax money back... and some of that ammo.

Posted by: Big Ben at June 20, 2013 02:02 PM (I5Htn)

135 Yeah, this pisses me off, too. Unfortunately, because these bonuses have been negotiated with the ignorant NTEU union, the IRS is legally responsible to pay them to people who have received a certain rating on their annual performance review. The good thing is that not all bargaining unit employees (those potentially represented by the stinking union) achieve that rating. The bad thing is that many people do that don't deserve it - another union travesty. As I've mentioned before on this blog, I work for the IRS. I'm a manager, not a bargaining unit employee, so even though I work my ass off, I don't get a bonus. This irritates the hell out of me, but it's a legal issue.

Posted by: Former Lurker at June 20, 2013 07:26 PM (Yoym7)

136 Just think, Ryan could have been Vice-President. And so could've Sarah Palin before him. Thank Christ we had Joe Biden to help us dodge those bullets.

Posted by: Frank Underwood (D-SC) at June 20, 2013 09:14 PM (fscec)

137 "The DC Scandals"! Is Fox now working for the Dems? DC is a geographic location. People of all kinds live there. I grew up there while my father was a carpenter. NO! This is, at the very least, "The Federal Government Scandals." Let's be honest and speak the truth by placing blame where it belongs. And point the finger at the culprit so even the low information viewer can understand and remember what the story really is.

Posted by: boqueronman at June 21, 2013 08:44 AM (lRTwO)

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