> Meanwhile, even in an alternate reality where IRS was occasionally seizing some billionaire's entire life savings for cause, the proceeds would fund the feder

> Meanwhile, even in an alternate reality where IRS was occasionally seizing some billionaire's entire life savings for cause, the proceeds would fund the federal government's operations for just a few hours. Do you imagine that when the government spends, it feeds money into a furnace and it's gone forever? That's not how it works. It pays people and companies. That money comes back as more taxes.