At the Internal Revenue Service no officer was immune from letters of complaint written by disgruntled taxpayers. One time an irate farmer wrote to my supervisor: “Please tell Officer McDonald I do not owe this tax. Furthermore, do not refer to my wife as a ‘spouse’.”
在國(guó)稅局工作的官員都難免會(huì)收到不滿的納稅人寫(xiě)來(lái)的投訴信。有一次,一個(gè)憤怒的農(nóng)場(chǎng)主寫(xiě)信給我的上司說(shuō):“請(qǐng)告訴麥克唐納先生,我并不欠這份稅。再則,不要把我老婆稱作‘配偶’?!?