From: Canuck57@nospam.com   
      
   On 05/12/2013 5:42 AM, Alan Baggett wrote:   
   > Canada Revenue Agency has no evidence to show its organized crime plan is   
   working : CRA SOTW   
   >   
   > By Mike De Souza, Postmedia News November 24, 2013 3:11 PM   
   >   
   > OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency says it has increased staff in a new unit   
   to investigate charities – from 19 to 31 full-time equivalent workers for the   
   current year.   
      
   Probably should be more, with 40,000 employees and charity a high risk   
   for tax evasion and money laundering why not 300?   
      
   The ratio of CRA to people who pay owe/pay taxes is only 400:1 and 95%   
   are simple employer earnings without much need to audit.   
      
   > But as it adds staff to increase surveillance of charities in the midst of   
   overall cuts related to federal efforts to slash the deficit, the agency   
   hasn’t been able to provide evidence that its strategies are working.   
      
   Charities have huge abuses.  Take Liberal Trudeau getting paid by a   
   charity.  And if you dig into this charity, you will find its really a   
   religious/political lobby group.   
      
   > A federal spokesman said it increased overall resources to crack down on   
   illegal activities, but it had no statistics to support its claims about   
   improving measures to fight organized crime.   
      
   ....   
   > The agency has predicted it will eliminate 3,000 jobs over the next three   
   years, down from an estimated 41,144 full-time equivalent workers in 2012-13.   
      
   Lets try cutting a mafia person a $400,000 refund when they actually owe   
   taxes. Funny too how CRA has buried this fact.  And letting off 106   
   Lichtenstein without paying fair taxes and not having Lichtenstein banks   
   report Canadians earnings going further, well, you know there was   
   corruption in there...why are these CRA who didn't do his right not fired?   
      
   CRA is obviously a bloated inefficient organization.  CRA gets 3.5 cents   
   of each tax dollar to operate.  Visa/MC/Amex get 2 to 3% and do a lot   
   more for it like monthly statements and credit.   
      
   Cuts are long over due.  No way to Visa employees cut mafia undue refund   
   checks and let rich politically connected not pay.   
      
   CRA is just another bloated inefficient and ineffective government   
   organization to roll over the little guy for $50 then cower out to back   
   room and mafia.   
      
   But hey, I am sure the mafia unions will complain. Less members is less   
   of other peoples money.   
      
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   good and other people pay for it. When the credit runs out and those   
   that pay for it leave, they can all share having nothing but   
   unemployment, debt and discontentment.   
      
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