Interesting point on the subject of administering taxation and fee type programs SG. Spend ten bucks to save five is always bad math eh? God bless the government. So many examples of that exact point are being illuminated in this whole sequestration process. Further proof that it is not driven by a true efficiency and cost savings agenda, but rather some political BS.

As a side note but perhaps relevant, I was attempting to do my taxes a few nights back and noticed that the state of Alaska takes about $13 from each permanent fund dividend check that it issues to each of AK's 732,000 residents to "administer" the dividend program.

That works out to roughly 9.5 million dollars annually. Wow? I am entirely ignorant of what administering such a program would cost, but 9.5 million would buy a lot more full time jobs, computers, and file cabinets than I would think it takes to track that sort of data. Granted there are enforcement and investigations components, but still?