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The GOP already took care of that for them: I.R.S. Tax Fraud Cases Plummet After Budget Cuts https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18115729 https://news.ycombin

by guelo 8y ago

The GOP already took care of that for them: I.R.S. Tax Fraud Cases Plummet After Budget Cuts https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18115729 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18115729

nojvek 8y ago
The rich got richer and suffocated IRS from being able to touch their $$$$ Something something we are all equal but some are more equal than others.
masonic 8y ago
Look at the charts in your own link, spanning 2007-17. Audit rates were increasing under GWB, then plummeted over the course of the Obama administration into 2017.
- guelo 8y ago
  The Republican congress got serious about attacking the IRS after the fake IRS Tea Party scandal.
  - sosense 8y ago
    Fake scandal? No, that's re-writing history. Obama suggested the IRS target his enemies, mostly conservative groups, and the IRS did exactly that. The only thing fake about it is the news reports calling the scandal "fake."
    - pas 8y ago
      Do you have sources on Obama suggesting that? Otherwise it's just a very baseless claim about an otherwise well documented problem about a few IRS bureaucrats. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_targeting_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_targeting_controversy )
      - sosense 8y ago
        No, I don't. I should have said Obama Administration, because I don't know from where the order came. That's a good call on your part. I'll see if I can edit. Edit: no I can't edit that post. Obama himself may be guilty only of not placing the best people at the IRS. I argue we should know more about this but don't because "oh, it's fake." ... And because of the deleted evidence.
      - masonic 8y ago
        Obama appointees, yes, thanks to discovery pursued by Judicial Watch: http://www.breitbart.com/irs/2017/03/13/fitton-obama-irs-scandal-continues-judicial-watch-forces-irs-disclose-new-documents/ http://www.breitbart.com/irs/2017/03/13/fitton-obama-irs-sca...
- pas 8y ago
  Look at how the funds requested by Obama got denied by Congress again and again.
  - masonic 8y ago
    The decrease started after the Democrats took sole control of Congress in January 2007 and accelerated while they were still in total control of Congress and the Presidency.

by guelo 8y ago

The GOP already took care of that for them: I.R.S. Tax Fraud Cases Plummet After Budget Cuts https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18115729 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18115729

nojvek 8y ago

The rich got richer and suffocated IRS from being able to touch their $$$$ Something something we are all equal but some are more equal than others.

masonic 8y ago

Look at the charts in your own link, spanning 2007-17. Audit rates were increasing under GWB, then plummeted over the course of the Obama administration into 2017.

guelo 8y ago
The Republican congress got serious about attacking the IRS after the fake IRS Tea Party scandal.
- sosense 8y ago
  Fake scandal? No, that's re-writing history. Obama suggested the IRS target his enemies, mostly conservative groups, and the IRS did exactly that. The only thing fake about it is the news reports calling the scandal "fake."
  - pas 8y ago
    Do you have sources on Obama suggesting that? Otherwise it's just a very baseless claim about an otherwise well documented problem about a few IRS bureaucrats. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_targeting_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_targeting_controversy )
    - sosense 8y ago
      No, I don't. I should have said Obama Administration, because I don't know from where the order came. That's a good call on your part. I'll see if I can edit. Edit: no I can't edit that post. Obama himself may be guilty only of not placing the best people at the IRS. I argue we should know more about this but don't because "oh, it's fake." ... And because of the deleted evidence.
    - masonic 8y ago
      Obama appointees, yes, thanks to discovery pursued by Judicial Watch: http://www.breitbart.com/irs/2017/03/13/fitton-obama-irs-scandal-continues-judicial-watch-forces-irs-disclose-new-documents/ http://www.breitbart.com/irs/2017/03/13/fitton-obama-irs-sca...
pas 8y ago
Look at how the funds requested by Obama got denied by Congress again and again.
- masonic 8y ago
  The decrease started after the Democrats took sole control of Congress in January 2007 and accelerated while they were still in total control of Congress and the Presidency.