Thought for the day

Robert Bruce Thompson, computer guru of the highest order and sometime curmudgeonly commenter on things societal offers this tidbit in an essay asserting that the U.S. ought to tax, well, essentially everyone else [heh]: "I have it on good authority that the IRS hires as auditors only people who were rejected by the Marine Corps for being too aggressive." I just changed my mind about the draft. If the above is true, I'm all for drafting all IRS auditors and sending them to Iraq. Then Iran, No. Korea, France (one, only; wouldn't want to scare Chirac to death, would we? We would? OK.), Germany... the usual suspects. Oh, and while we're at it, send a couple to "audit" Canada.