Gold is a pretty good, not excellent, conductor. Copper is better, but can’t be pounded into thin sheets for integrated circuits, which is why gold is used for that. That’s a niche use that isn’t going to be very relevant, because most IC factories are going to be toast in a nuclear exchange.

All extremely useful if you happen to have the infrastructure to use it — which is less than likely in a post-apocalyptic scenario. Any practical function that gold has requires a society so complex that it can’t rely on gold standard for its economy.

The idea was that the world wouldn’t go all the way of Mad Max because the government could still uphold an infrastructure together with facilities like this, albeit in reduced capacity. Paper money and precious metals have the same exact net worth in the absence of an economy — nil. Except that you could at least…

How is gold more useful than paper? I mean, you can draw notes on the paper, and who wouldn’t be tempted to use a stack of Benjamins as TP after the AP?

Yes, because certainly organizations you like such as say, the Army, wouldn’t waste government resources on promotional pieces, right?

Nothing you stated is fact. Progressive groups where audited at a higher rate but you Fox News shit bags don't like facts. Www.google.com you lazy fucker

Fair tax = regressive s d worst for the poor and people making less than 6 figures. And better for companies and people making more than 6 figures. Fuck you

You are a stupid fuck aren’t you

And the US Postal Service says “Welcome to our world, pal.”

My business was audited seven years ago. It was a painless process that ended with a slightly amended return. Then again, I have basic arithmetic skills.

Those same people keep blaming Obama for the mess the Post Office is in, despite the fact that Congress also has the USPS by the balls.

Everything you just said was a lie.

So you’re saying the IRS needs manpower and budgeting commensurate with their mission? Good. Let’s give them that.

My sister works as a lowish level employee at the IRS. They WANT to upgrade their technology, and they are as quickly as they can within the constraints of their budget. You want them to upgrade faster? Give them the money to do so.

Even John Oliver thinks the IRS is getting too short a shrift

Half of nothing is still nothing. The IRS (in fact, every government department outside of Defense) was not and has never been rolling in budgetary funds.

OK, I’ll bite. How does the IRS corrupt the tax code? I’m ready for my deluge of Fox News inspired bullshit.

they can’t update their tech because they don’t have the funds to do so.

In a word, the south. And you are an idiot.

You realize that the IRS doesn’t write the tax code, right? That’s Congress.