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Subject:Re: Gore orders "plain language" -Reply From:George Mena <George -dot- Mena -at- ESSTECH -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 5 Jun 1998 13:18:54 -0700
Using the "six words" approach...
Six words assumes people can read.
Six words assumes people will obey.
And three words are in "assume"
I'm going back to work now. :D
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Locke David [SMTP:dlocke -at- BINDVIEW -dot- COM]
> Sent: Friday, June 05, 1998 1:10 PM
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> Subject: Re: Gore orders "plain language" -Reply
>
> And, why do we think that clear language matters? Given that the IRS
> only audits in cases where it sees efficient prosecutions--people who
> won't or can't afford a tax attorney--that offer guaranteed income
> generation, do the regulations really matter? If they don't, then it
> doesn't matter if the government uses "plain language" or not, or if
> the
> thought takes 5 or 500 words to express.
>
> And, I'm not singling out the IRS here. Every enforcement agency in
> our
> government now uses a means-ends test thanks to ...
>
> David W. Locke
>
>
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