"Individual Taxpayer Identification Number" -- what a noble-sounding phrase

But what an ugly reality it signifies in such a messed-up ex-nation like ours!

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/08/treasury-inspector-general-says-changes-are-needed-to-detect-fraud/#ixzz237U2EI43
Report finds widespread fraud in taxpayer ID program

Remember, now -- the government needs your "fair share!" Everybody give half your blood this April 15 or they won't be able to keep up the roads and bridges.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/05/24/washington-state-bridge-collapse-is-reminder-of-dangerous-bridges-nationwide/

Oh, great, the Tappan Zee Bridge is faulty too? My family used to cross it several times a year growing up, and it was always a thrill to not only cross the seemingly endless engineering wonder but to see a castle on a hilltop on the eastern side come slowly into view, and of course to know we were going to be with beloved relatives (all Virginians) for another Thanksgiving or Christmas.

Hearing that the TZB is a hazard is like seeing Katie Couric announce that the Statue of Liberty has fallen over. (That wouldn't be such a loss in some ways, but let's keep it between the lines here.) Just think, there's a bridge right near you that could kill you one fine day, but isn't it good to know that not only are "immigrants" getting away with murder in epochal tax evasions, but that we've spent 13 years making sure Afghanistan has safe roads?

Pardon my jaundice.... /\/.\/\/.