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>The issue is that this would then target those with money and power something the IRS appears loath to do. Ability to fight back makes one a less desirable ta
by SkyBelow 7y ago
>The issue is that this would then target those with money and power something the IRS appears loath to do.
Ability to fight back makes one a less desirable target. We need to equalize access to courts so that wealth is not a factor.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoThe government shouldn't be picking who to prosecute based on ease of conviction. Wealthy criminals are just as guilty as poor ones.
- hanniabu 7y agoWell it seems in the US that just being poor is a crime
- SkyBelow 7y agoIf you could catch 10 child abusers or 1 child abuser within the next 2 months with your given resources, which would you choose? We need to make it so that catching any of the 11 takes equal amounts of work, so when they pick the 10 of 11 to go after they rank it by severity of crime or other more reasonable factors than the criminal's wealth.
- HammockWarrior 7y agoA better analogy would be: would you rather catch 10 thieves who stole $10 or one theif who stole $1,000,000?
- SkyBelow 7y agoIf the metric employees (police, prosecutors, etc.) are judged by is how many criminals are caught, does the answer change?
- HammockWarrior 7y agoFor those employees maybe