Government Bails Out Tax Deliquent Companies


	Government Bails Out Tax Deliquent Companies

Eaglewings

3-19-2009 9:29 PM

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Eaglewings says:

Rep. Lewis calls this a shameful disgrace, I simply say this is total incompetence. Do you not think the VERY FIRST QUESTION anyone should have asked these companies seeking a hand out was DO YOU OWE TAXES?

The blind are surely leading the blind and as we can see they all fall into a ditch. CAN WE STOP THE MADNESS NOW?

Talk about MARCH TO MADNESS!

Beam me up all intelligence is lost down here. Eagle Out!

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