Gubmint Revenooer Misses Chance to Kill Taxpayer

Clip this article, keep it in your wallet, and show it to the next teabagger who rants about Big Gubmint or those terrible, worthless state workers.

From the Herald:

They say that death and taxes are inevitable.

But in the case of Earl Phillips, taxes may have helped save the Adair County man’s life.

When Phillips called the state Department of Revenue last month to get answers about his state income tax bill, the faceless Frankfort bureaucrat who called him back saved his life.

Now Phillips thinks Department of Revenue employee Natalie Brown — who dialed 911 when Phillips had a heart attack during that May 26th phone call — should receive more than a simple thank you.

“I’m very proud of that lady,” said Phillips. “She saved my life. As far as I’m concerned, there is no end to what she deserves.”

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Brown’s boss, Bruce Nix, the Director of Individual Income Tax for the Department of Revenue, said state employees have had to call ambulances before to help co-workers, but this is the first time in his 21 years with the department of revenue that he can recall that a revenue employee may have saved the life of a taxpayer.

Brown, a Frankfort native, started working for the department in August 2009, just a few months after graduating from Morehead State University. Brown said Friday that she loves her job and she truly believes that state employees are there to help the public.

“We will help you any way that we can, even if it’s calling 911,” Brown said. “I feel like it was fate that I happened to lose (Phillips’ phone number) and I’m glad that I found it when I did.”