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Don't worry, the IRS is hiring 80,000 new agents to help the middle class count their taxes.
by prichino 4y ago
Don't worry, the IRS is hiring 80,000 new agents to help the middle class count their taxes.
- avgDev 4y agoIRS should hire as many people as they need, as there is usually greater return than what it costs to pay them. Everyone SHOULD pay their fair share. If the laws suck then the lower and middle class should focus on the rich and put pressure on the puppets in the office. However, it seems many love voting against their own interest. Edit: If you have a problem paying taxes and are in the middle class. I suggest you think about starting a life somewhere without taxes, you will quickly realize that your middle class life is actually made possible by the infrastructure in place.
- gjs278 4y ago
- wmeredith 4y agoThey're actually hiring so that they can go after the rich. They've been systematically understaffed and under-budgeted for decades by–checks notes–the rich who rule America: https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-sorry-but-its-just-easier-and-cheaper-to-audit-the-poor https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-sorry-but-its-just-ea...
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- viridian 4y agoUnfortunately not true, and your article outlines why. Going after the rich requires not only highly trained and specialized agents, but state attorneys to enforce judgement, and those aren't being hired or trained up. They may be going after more people in the 2-25% income group, but the 1% is just as immunized as ever, hiring 80k non specialist agents won't change that.
- colinmhayes 4y agofuck tax cheats