51. Declining stock prices affect other areas of the economy, especially federal and state governments that collect taxes from individuals and other investors on capital gains and option income. 52. Depending whom you ask, Old Havana collects taxes, licenses vendors, persuades residents to move out and cuts housing and job deals with the party faithful. 53. Dubinin left behind a blistering letter assailing the government for failing to collect taxes and maintain financial discipline. 54. Federal appeals courts agreed, saying Southwest had merely collected the tax on behalf of the IRS and that responsibility for refunds ultimately rests with the government. 55. For the IRS to even hint that it would not collect a tax just sitting there was like asking the KGB to foreswear socking a kulak in the snoot. 56. For the IRS to even hint that it would not collect a tax just sitting there was like asking the KGB to forswear socking a kulak in the snoot. 57. For the IRS to even hint that it would not collect a tax just sitting there was too much for it. 58. Government employees collected taxes from truckers carrying fuel and construction materials. 59. He also noted that retailers can face financial penalties for failing to collect a tax but not for improperly collecting a tax from a customer. 60. He also wants to finance welfare and literacy initiatives by collecting more taxes from corporations. |