tom-clancy on S Anand

Tax complexity

Fri, 15 Nov 2002 12:00:00 +0000

Interesting article on the Kelkar report on tax reforms. The point about simplifying tax and removing exemptions reminds me of a statement by George Winston in Tom Clancy’s Executive Orders:

The purpose of taxes is to provide revenue for the country’s government so that the government can serve the people. But along the way we’ve created an entire industry that takes billions of dollars from the public. Why? To explain a tax code that gets more complex every year, a code that the enforcement people themselves do not understand with a sufficient degree of confidence to undertake responsibility for getting it right.

Well, frankly, I thought Clancy was being naive.

Anthrax update

Wed, 17 Oct 2001 12:00:00 +0000

This anthrax business is getting bad. Now 29 people on a Senator’s staff have it. Following the attack on the WTC, this almost sounds like a Tom Clancy plot. (Iron your letters)

Bought 5 books

Fri, 12 Jan 2001 12:00:00 +0000

A good day. Bought 5 books, and cut an audio CD with 15 songs.

The Bear and the Dragon | Fist of God | Abduction | Prometheus Deception | Druid of Shannara