Private and Public

Boy I hope we don't start a Libertarian/Liberal flame war about taxes, the gov't, and the social contract (or lack thereof). I will just point out that it was the *founders* of the IRS who thought that the gov't had no right to know how much money you make. That's why the IRS was set up separately from the rest of the gov't, why it's supposed to not share data with the rest of the gov't (yeah, right), and why the income tax was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Ct... Of course, that's all dark history today that no one studies or takes seriously. Sigh. --Alan