I hope your unemployed clients are not in Florida, which overtook California on Thursday as the U.S. state with the most weekly unemployment claims as Tallahassee began to process in earnest its sizable backlog of filings.  There is a lot of frustration there, also, and many are directing it at state employees who are doing the best they can with the law and resources given them.  The paycheck-to-paycheck crowds are not greedy, they're just desperate -- and many don't have a tax professional to call who is somewhat familiar with reality and anger management.

Advice to clients:  Wash your hands, don't touch your face, and think about what you expect from a phone call to IRS that you can't learn online, or from asking someone who follows the news.

There are a lot of wackos protesting outside (well, OK, sometimes inside) state Capitols.  At least their anger is directed at the people who can make and change the laws.  When those anxious for $1,200 start congregating outside IRS offices, this country will have taken another step backwards.