A Call from the IRS
A hedge fund manager friend of mine got a call from a "very nice gentleman" at the IRS recently. The conversation went, he says, like this:
Me: "Should I make the check out to the IRS?"
Agent: "We would prefer it if you make it out to the US Treasury."
Me: "Is that what Tim Geithner does? Oops, I forgot, he doesn't usually pay his taxes."
Agent: [Chuckling] "I'm not going to comment on that."
Me: "How about if I save you busy folks some time and just make it out to AIG or Goldman, Sachs?"