. >> the irs general counsel. >> >> yes, the ir st. counsel. they need additional statue rit authority. so this really was a user friendly taxpayer friendly proposal. >> something that we're glad to look at as a committee and trying to see if we can work to be allow that because i think it sounds like a win-win. >> right. >> for the person who has those independen independent contractors working in their facility. >> it's not mandatory, it's totally voluntary. >> and ultimately the taxes owed are better collected. >> right. >> yield to the ranking member mr. towns for the purpose of questions. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. let me begin with you, general george, your testimony indicates that the irs has institutional impediments that prevents them from effectively addressing the tax gap and, of course, you mentioned specifically that even when the irs examines a tax return that needs improvement, often there's no change made to the return and this many increases the burden on compliant taxpayers. you know, could you just elaborate on this

the irs has people trying to look after it. i was the a conference stersonhoanes e roamhe theyryochse th,hesa ty a omaingtak teeyers agove airfares to keep up with these companies. >> whether it's the irs or the s.e.c. trying to keep up with the banks and how quickly they move, the government is fighting a losing battle. >> it's true. they are outmanned and underguned. and the other side has almost infinite resources to find every loophole they can. and the nature of the economy has changed. we now live in a world where some of the most valuable things you sell are things you can't touch. it's lines of code in a computer or software. >> it's not like the industrial revolutio where you'relike, ok, we'r gin to get lts brckndorr d bui faor deoi yo c'tovth tp. b tneernd has tl >>gal. we can say that again and again for the case of balance. but this repatriation holiday, i mean, how is that not big companies who make massive profits trying to get around having to pay their fair share? can somebody explain to me how i sound trill here, that what i'm saying is

st. and university will have a news conference planned for later this morning agents from the irs the u.s. marshals and the a all carried out that rate a few weeks ago knew this hour with them more about the texas woman charged with murder in a bizarre baby snatching incident the reduction was apparently been to adopt a dutch auction some witnesses said in arguments broke out in the new mother and another woman that is when the woman shot the mother and then snatched the three day old baby boy the woman fled the scene within minutes, the newborn was found safe about six hours later. the secret service as an independent government investigator will look into prostitution scandal in south america to sutter breathed on the scandal says 20 women were paid to go to the hotel rooms with secret service agents and members of the military the u.s. senate committee will begin hearing allegations of wasteful spending by the gsa eight house committee has been holding hearings on the topic the past couple of days the agencies troubles candlelight that cost taxpayers more than $800,000 a pose nude bodi

the screen. >>> st. paul, minnesota. the mississippi river. with the tax deadline approaching suppose you try to file a tax form but the irs said a company has alreadyhen the company refuses to send you your refund until you pay a huge fee. >> sounds like a nightmare scenario. sharyl attkisson has more. turns out it's been happening to people across the country. that company is now facing several charges of tax fraud. >> do you like green eggs and ham? >> reporter: like a lot of americans, this woman and her family have had rough times. >> i'm a single mother. struggling through some mishaps last year. i lost everything. so i'm in the process of trying to rebuild. >> reporter: pretty much all she has left to rebuild with was her job in customer service in baltimore and the promise of a tax refund. >> my main goal at the time was to get this money, help pay some bills and do things for me and my two girls. >> reporter: she went through a company called instant tax service, which offers quick and easy cash loans in advance of income tax refunds. she applied for a loan and signed a stack of papers. instant tax service started in 2000 has been hailed as

at the time kennedy gave the speech, it so arose the ire of some of his republican schoolmates that they accused him of plagiarizing the great george st. john. i don't know what he was supposed to say, as my headmaster once said -- [laughter] i mean, he obviously took it from this, and i was able to find it. by the way, i put it in the book just so everybody could see the actual copy. >> host: the late ted sorenson used to say, you know, did you write that, or did john kennedy write that famous line? >> guest: i know, and that drove the family crazy. because they thought he was saying i wrote it. i remember vicki kennedy, teddy's widow said to me when i told her, i think i've traced that thing back, and she said, great, we thought ted had written it. kennedy from '56 to '60 here's two young guys in their 30s, and he was only in his 20s most of that time. ted sorenson, jack kennedy traveling the country. the whole country putting pins on the map just the two of them, jack giving his speeches, ted drafting them, then listening to jack and finding it and writing it again. and his speeches weren't well delivered. they're very well written

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