[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 73 (Thursday, May 24, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H2682]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES WHO USE WORK COMPUTERS TO VISIT SEX SITES, GAMBLE, 
TRADE STOCKS AND VISIT CHAT ROOMS ARE UNDERWORKED, OVERPAID AND SHOULD 
                                BE FIRED

  (Mr. DUNCAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DUNCAN. Mr. Speaker, a few days ago a front page story in the 
Washington Times reported that IRS employees used about half their on-
line time at work to visit sex sites, gamble, trade stocks and visit 
chat rooms. I know that people say it is dangerous to criticize the 
IRS, but this is ridiculous.
  This article by the Scripps Howard News Service did not come from 
some enemy of the IRS. This report came from the office of the IRS's 
own inspector general. No wonder we read that almost half the advice 
the IRS itself gives out is wrong.
  There is no good reason why our Federal Tax Code should be nearly as 
complicated, convoluted and confusing as it is. For years, liberal 
elitists have cried, take the politics out of everything, and the 
people have lost control over their own government.
  Federal bureaucrats know they can get away with almost anything, but 
Federal employees who use work computers to visit sex sites, gamble, 
trade stocks and visit chat rooms are underworked, overpaid and should 
be fired.

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