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David S.A. Stine (dsa@netcom.com) wrote:
: In article <27o4b9$o2q@agate.berkeley.edu> newman@garnet.berkeley.edu (Nathan Newman) writes:

: Nathan, this isn't meant as a personal slam against you, but I can tell
: from this statement that you simply have not dealt with the US Government
: in the real world. Those of us who have to fill out the full 1040 tax form
: and who have run our own business know for a fact that if you want
: paperwork reduced, the LAST, very, very LAST people you expect to do so is
: the federal government.

For the amount of information that is needed from you, form 1040 is _very_ easy to
fill out compared to some insurance forms I have come accross. Ask any insurance
agent about this.

The U S government, at the contrary, has the ability to streamline the paperwork
process, creating one set of forms where thousands of different ones, all created
by various companies, existed previously.

I have run my own business for years. Believe me, the U S government is no more
hellish to deal with than any large company administration. And don't get me
started on Pac Bell.

: If you think the paperwork is bad now, just wait. The government can make
: it much, much worse. The government NEVER simplifies paperwork. 

Nothing more than scare tactics. Ignore this man.

: The ultimate proof of this: they often have a "paperwork reduction act"
: which requires them to give you yet another piece of paper telling you that
: they are making an effort to reduce paperwork. When you stand back to
: consider this, you realize that they are simply incapable of reducing
: paperwork. 

Hello? The Paperwork Reduction Act Notice takes up at most 20 lines in a corner of
most government forms. This is _not_ another piece of paper. This is not "proof",
either, this is anecdotal. 



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