All Videos Tagged taxes (The Ludington Torch) - The Ludington Torch 2024-04-26T10:43:01Z http://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=taxes&rss=yes&xn_auth=no IRS Star Trek Parody tag:ludingtoncitizen.ning.com,2013-03-27:4689834:Video:93959 2013-03-27T17:48:04.214Z XLFD http://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/profile/TheLudingtonCitizen Your tax dollars at work. The IRS now admits that a 2010 training video that parodied the 1960s TV series Star Trek was a mistake. It and a second video that parodied TV’s Gilligan’s Island are estimated to have cost about $60,000. The agency came under fire after CBS News obtained the Star Trek video under a Freedom of Information request and it went viral on the Internet. The video, shown at the opening of a 2010 training and leadership conference, features IRS workers portraying the… Your tax dollars at work. The IRS now admits that a 2010 training video that parodied the 1960s TV series Star Trek was a mistake. It and a second video that parodied TV’s Gilligan’s Island are estimated to have cost about $60,000. The agency came under fire after CBS News obtained the Star Trek video under a Freedom of Information request and it went viral on the Internet. The video, shown at the opening of a 2010 training and leadership conference, features IRS workers portraying the characters, including Mr. Spock with fake hair and big ears, along with an elaborate set depicting the control room of the spaceship. The characters (who look and sound like a bunch of tax collectors) are en route to the planet Notax to combat identity theft. (via Deadline Hollywood) The Philosophy of Liberty: Plunder tag:ludingtoncitizen.ning.com,2011-07-13:4689834:Video:38931 2011-07-13T01:23:32.265Z XLFD http://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/profile/TheLudingtonCitizen <a href="http://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/video/the-philosophy-of-liberty"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1512151941?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>"In this video, we explore Frederic Bastiat's concept of Legal Plunder. Is it ever OK for government to steal your stuff and give it to someone else? Or is government just a glorified organized crime syndicate ala Tony Soprano? Does it really make sense for citizens to plunder each other like competing bands of… <a href="http://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/video/the-philosophy-of-liberty"><br /> <img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1512151941?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />"In this video, we explore Frederic Bastiat's concept of Legal Plunder. Is it ever OK for government to steal your stuff and give it to someone else? Or is government just a glorified organized crime syndicate ala Tony Soprano? Does it really make sense for citizens to plunder each other like competing bands of vikings?"