They have a system

..... for milking the welfare state in all its aspects. What a picture!

http://www.nuttynewstoday.com/2013/03/waiting-for-welfare-checks/

These are the times when satire becomes reality in the blink of an eye. Taking them in that order:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYaZ57Bn4pQ
Newsroom : More American Workers Outsourcing Own Jobs Overseas

http://www.newsoftheweird.com/archive/
A Verizon risk team, looking for data breaches on a client's computers, discovered that one company software developer was basically idle for many months, yet remained productive -- because he had outsourced his projects to a Chinese software developer who would do all the work and send it back. The employee earned several hundred thousand dollars a year, according to a January Los Angeles Times report, but paid the Chinese worker only about $50,000. The risk team eventually learned that sensitive company information was flowing to and from Chinese terminals, leading the company to suspect hackers, but that traffic was merely the U.S. employee (obviously, "ex-employee" now) sending and receiving his workload. The U.S. man showed up for work every day, but spent his time leisurely web-surfing. [Los Angeles Times via Tampa Bay Times, 1-20-2013]

.......Correspondence with PN HQ:

On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Kris Langville wrote:

 TAX COLLECTION Any furloughs at the Internal Revenue Service will be delayed until summer,  after the tax filing season ends, so the agency says it shouldn’t delay tax  refunds. But other IRS services will be affected. Millions of taxpayers may not  be able get responses from IRS call centers and taxpayer assistance centers. The  cuts would delay IRS responses to taxpayer letters and force the agency to  complete fewer tax return reviews, reducing its ability to detect and prevent  fraud. The IRS says this could result in billions of dollars in lost revenue to  the government, complicating deficit reduction efforts.

http://www.reformer.com/ci_22718335/how-federal-budget-cuts-could-affect-you?source=most_viewed

This was all I could find in a hurry. Heard pretty much the same verbatim text on NPR on my way into the law office. Don't have the time to search further. There was another site with some good info, but it was outdated. :-( 

Subject: RE: TAX COLLECTION and federal budget cuts

Fascinating -- you're a great reporter! For our people, does this translate into "less IRS persecution" or "more IRS frustration"?  /\/

On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Kris Langville wrote:

yes to both. ;-)

Subject: RE: TAX COLLECTION and federal budget cuts

You are too much!!!!!!! HAHAAAAAAA..... 

/\/.\/\/. torpenhow@charter.net