jim rozen wrote:
In article , F. George McDuffee
says...


This again raises the question - just what do we the people need
a Federal government for, and why are we paying so much for so
little?


Rest assured that they will still want their tax moneies come
November. All those folks who have been hammered by the hurricane
will be hammered again, paying washington for services they
never got in this debacle.

Every time something like this has come up, the IRS has provided relief
of some sort - extended deadlines, additional loss dedcutions. Remember
9-11?