Along with his tax return, Donald Rumsfeld filed his annual letter to the IRS asking why the tax code is so complex that no one knows if they’re paying the correct amount.
“The tax code is so complex and the forms are so complicated, that I know that I cannot have any confidence that I know what is being requested and therefore I cannot and do not know, and I suspect a great many Americans cannot know, whether or not their tax returns are accurate,” Rumsfeld wrote. “As in past years, I have spent more money than I wanted to spend to hire an accounting firm to prepare our tax returns and I believe they are well qualified.”
The 81-year-old Rumsfeld notes that he hopes to see in his lifetime a simplified tax code that will let citizens “pay what they should, are able to do it right, and know that they have done it right.”
There’s no letting up on Rumsfeld by those same citizens, though.
@RumsfeldOffice Accuracy is a tricky thing isn't it? A bit like the evidence for Weapons of Mass Destruction.
— Matthew Lumby #Lockdown (@MatthewLumby) April 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/navybook/status/456158558053101569
https://twitter.com/jbordeaux/status/456158684062576640
https://twitter.com/kept_simple/status/456160284470566912
@RumsfeldOffice So what you're really saying, Mr. Rumsfeld, is that the accuracy of your 2013 tax return is a known unknown.
— ??lon Musk's Balls of Steel (@CultofNewMedia) April 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/Jib821/status/456189643914891264
Yes, we get it.
@RumsfeldOffice @jmartNYT This would seem to be a known unknown.
— Dale Eisman (@dciceman_cc) April 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/anthlittle/status/456171466095353856
@RumsfeldOffice @thegarance the unknown unknowns.
— David Ryan (@CaptDavidRyan) April 15, 2014
@RumsfeldOffice @tunkuv Nice letter. But as you know: there are the known knowns, the known unknowns and the unknown uknowns.
— Jeremy Smerd (@smerd) April 15, 2014
@RumsfeldOffice @thegarance you have zero credibility, Mr. Known Unknowns.
— The hockey misser (@knck1es) April 15, 2014
@RumsfeldOffice Considering you claim to not know what constitutes torture, I think we all have a little trouble believing you.
— ???????????????? ✊??? (@anacanapana) April 15, 2014
@RumsfeldOffice "No idea?" So you both committed perjury when you declared it was true to the best of your knowledge. pic.twitter.com/ERyjzrCUu7
— ???????????????? ✊??? (@anacanapana) April 15, 2014
Um, no.
.@RumsfeldOffice @DionNissenbaum The man who invaded a country based on pretense of WMD is now questioning accuracy?!
— Alina Atash (@Firegal_01) April 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/jgallanis/status/456174731217993728
Yikes. At least a few appreciated the gesture.
@RumsfeldOffice Mr. Rumsfeld, thank you for your long and important service to our nation. Sincerely.
— Just Tom (@thomasa56) April 15, 2014
Eloquently stated, college grad Rumsfeld!
RT @RumsfeldOffice My annual letter to the #IRS: pic.twitter.com/EpwRxI2cvp— Sandy 〽️ (@RightGlockMom) April 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/bennynocheese/status/456187779534180352