| Ana Pascal: | Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! You miscreant!
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| Harold Crick: | I understand.
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| Ana Pascal: | Oh, get bent, TAX MAN!
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| Customers: | Tax man? Boo!
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| Harold Crick: | It says, in the file, that you only paid part of your taxes for last year.
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| Ana Pascal: | That's right.
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| Harold Crick: | Looks like only 78 percent.
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| Ana Pascal: | Yep.
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| Harold Crick: | So you did it on purpose?
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| Ana Pascal: | Yep.
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| Harold Crick: | So you must've been expecting an audit.
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| Ana Pascal: | Um, I was expecting a fine, or a sharp reprimand.
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| Harold Crick: | A reprimand? This isn't boarding school, Miss Pascal. You stole from the government.
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| Ana Pascal: | No I didn't steal from the government. I just didn't pay you entirely.
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| Harold Crick: | Miss Pascal, you can't just not pay your taxes.
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| Ana Pascal: | Yes, I can.
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| Harold Crick: | You can if you want to get audited.
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| Ana Pascal: | Only if I recognize your right to audit me, Mr. Crick.
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| Harold Crick: | Miss Pascal, I'm right here auditing you.
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| Ana Pascal: | Listen, I'm a big supporter of fixing potholes and erecting swing sets and building shelters. I am more than happy to pay those taxes. I'm just not such a big fan of the percentage that the government uses for national defense, corporate bailouts, and campaign discretionary funds. So, I didn't pay those taxes. I think I sent a letter to that effect with my return.
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| Harold Crick: | Would it be the letter that begins "Dear Imperialist Swine"?
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| Ana Pascal: | (smiles)
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| Harold Crick: | Miss Pascal, what you're describing is anarchy. Are you an anarchist?
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| Ana Pascal: | You mean, am I a member of...
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| Harold Crick: | An anarchist group, yes.
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| Ana Pascal: | Anarchists have a group?
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| Harold Crick: | I believe so, sure.
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| Ana Pascal: | They assemble?
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| Harold Crick: | I don't know.
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| Ana Pascal: | Wouldn't that completely defeat the purpose? |
