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’.”
在國稅局工作的官員都難免會收到不滿的納稅人寫來的投訴信。有一次,一個憤怒的農場主寫信給我的上司說:“請告訴麥克唐納先生,我并不欠這份稅。再則,不要把我老婆稱作‘配偶’?!?