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Looks Like a Duck -Walks Like a Duck – Talks Like a Duck – Not a Duck

Looks Like a Duck -Walks Like a Duck – Talks Like a Duck – Not a Duck

I have been sparing in my criticism of the IRS in this case.  I have often commented on how ill-qualified I am to work for them.  If I was in charge of the team that was working on this I would have said “This guy is a real minister.  Let’s leave him alone and go fight crime someplace else.”  ignoring the laundry list of duck-like characteristics that he was exhibiting.  What would be very sad is if this case ends up being viewed as an instance of the Satanic IRS persecuting the godly.  If you are of the mindset to look at it that way, I’d point you to ECFA who will teach you how to avoid even the appearance of impropriety.

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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.