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Yep. And right now we have the right thinking we’re setting up a gestapo because we want to fund the IRS. To be honest though the IRS has an awful track record
by aaomidi 4y ago
Yep. And right now we have the right thinking we’re setting up a gestapo because we want to fund the IRS.
To be honest though the IRS has an awful track record of focusing on lower income people :(
- mschuster91 4y agoAt least to me, a partial cause for that is the Scientology "church" in the 1970s and later [1]. When the IRS backed down due to their threats instead of hitting them with fines, that sent a very bad signal: if you're big and aggressive enough, we'll let you continue making a joke out of the tax code and focus on smaller fishes instead. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_status_of_Scientology_in_the_United_States#Obstruction_of_the_IRS_and_conspiracy_to_defraud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_status_of_Scientology_in_t...
- kyralis 4y agoThat awful track record has a lot to do with priorities driven by political talking points and who has the power to complain about the IRS. The book _Perfectly Legal_ by David Cay Johnston has a good chapter on this. (The book as a whole has its ups and downs, but the history of IRS management I found particularly interesting.)