YESTERDAY’S LUNCH

It was a lunch of old creative people. Gathering to remember old times and friends, and any enemies we might have made, we ate.

Bill, one of my favorite people and I had laugh after laugh. The food was good and the wise cracks constant.

Bill has retired from writing direct mail and sweepstakes, and now works part-time for the IRS. He related to me an interesting fact about your tax dollars. THEY GET WASTED!

It seems that having a budget means that you spend every cent of it. If there is a surplus, you must spend it down. Being creative in the spending down is very important.

For example: In the budget is money set aside for over-time. Bill’s department is way over the scheduled work they needed to do. They don’t need the over-time. Another department is on-schedule. They don’t need the over-time, either. What do the geniuses of the IRS, the people who demand their payment and you can go to hell do? They send Bill’s department to classes so they have to spend the overtime on the other department who will carry the load. Remember that, next time you look at your income tax return, or pay into the system. WE NEED REFORM.