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Subject:Re: Gore orders "plain language" -Reply From:Locke David <dlocke -at- BINDVIEW -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 5 Jun 1998 15:09:52 -0500
And, why do we think that clear language matters? Given that the IRS
only audits in cases where it sees efficient prosecutions--people who
won't or can't afford a tax attorney--that offer guaranteed income
generation, do the regulations really matter? If they don't, then it
doesn't matter if the government uses "plain language" or not, or if the
thought takes 5 or 500 words to express.
And, I'm not singling out the IRS here. Every enforcement agency in our
government now uses a means-ends test thanks to ...
