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Re:1099 will end the world in 2012 by Confusion on Friday July 23, 2010 @03:48PM (#1542216) 

  The IRS is accepting comments on the issue.
  [..]
  It was a short-sighted clause put in by a politician
  trying to close a loophole.
It's not just one politician: a great many people have been over these documents. It seems none of them realized how insane this is. Or perhaps none of them could be bothered to do anything about it? Either way: means there's something seriously wrong right there. If enough sillyness makes it through to this level, at some point the sillyness will actually make it all the way through.
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Re:1099 will end the world in 2012 by makmanalp on Friday July 23, 2010 @10:12PM (#1542906)
I just really want to know the reasoning behind this. What would make a person propose such a thing? What loophole were they thinking of closing? How could they not see what is so blatantly wrong with what they are proposing? I wonder, who is this person?
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