President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday selected former Rep. Billy Long (R-MO), an auctioneer and ardent poker player, to be the country’s next IRS commissioner.

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    23 days ago

    dude couldn’t hack it in college, and instead did nine days of ‘school’ to be an auctioneer. he’s gonna be in way over his head.

    oh, wait. my bad. that’s by design.

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      22 days ago

      You know how shitty leadership can bog down an entire company? What are the odds that these people are so incompetent that they accidentally make our government work as intended?

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        22 days ago

        that’s literally our only hope… that nothing really harmful actually gets implemented because of all the infighting.

        for that to kick into high-gear, we really do need a few republicants in the house and in the senate to not go along with their ‘plan’

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    23 days ago

    This next government office up for sale is a sweet little parcel…

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    23 days ago

    I feel like this guy has more severe disqualifications than enjoying a few hands of poker every Friday.