While Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees are spending about half of their time on the Internet looking at sex, gambling, and stock trading websites or participating in chat rooms, the agency's level of service to taxpayers remains low, according to a recent study.

The study by the Treasury Department inspector general looked at how more than 16,000 IRS employees were spending their time over a period of a week and found that the employees studied spent 8,250 hours online - more than 51% of their time on personal matters.


This is nice, I wonder how much money is spent on workers that arnt working? Not just the IRS, everywhere.

[Edited on 21-4-2004 by SpittinCobra]

I agree. Sounds like your typical government worker, be it state OR federal. Can't seem to get the mother#ers fired either.

This is the reason we want Universal Health Care, more federal social programs, and the like right?

Anyone who wants this is fooling themselves into thinking the government is either effecient or effective.

Originally posted by KrazyJethro
Anyone who wants this is fooling themselves into thinking the government is either effecient or effective.

Nicely said. I agree 100%

mrmulder> why only a little truth? why not all of it?