Monthly Archives: April 2004

I fixed the federal budget

2004-04-09 – 09:43

Using the National Budget Simulation I cut spending by 20% across the board. This allowed me to increase the 2003 tax cuts by 50%, resulting in a budget surplus of ~11 billion dollars. I’m done fantasizing now; back to work.

By Brian | Posted in Politics | Comments Off

IRS blows $8 billion

2004-04-07 – 08:54

CIO magazine has a very interesting article on how the IRS has attempted to modernize its systems for the low low price of $8 billion dollars. The project was late and over budget, and so the IRS took the vendor to task by yelling at them real good.

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