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> Just think about the amount of resources the US spends on the "war on terror" or the "war on drugs" compared to the "war on tax evasion." I was curious so I
by hsod 10y ago
> Just think about the amount of resources the US spends on the "war on terror" or the "war on drugs" compared to the "war on tax evasion."
I was curious so I looked it up.
2016 IRS budget: $10.6 billion [0]
2015 DEA budget: $2.0 billion [1]
[0] http://thehill.com/policy/finance/263767-irs-scores-year-end-funding-boost http://thehill.com/policy/finance/263767-irs-scores-year-end...
[1] https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/jmd/legacy/2014/05/26/ba.pdf https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/jmd/legacy/2014/...
- MagnumOpus 10y agoThe DEA is a tiny fraction of the drug war budget. Add to it half of the $74bn spending on the federal and state prison systems, a good 10-20% of the $100bn spend on county/metro police departments, a chunk of the cost of the Coast Guards... soon we are talking about real money.