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[rickyb]

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The IRS audits the working poor at about the same rate as the wealthiest 1%. You read that right

The Depressing Reason the IRS Prefers to Audit the Poor
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[Old Man Jingles]

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The IRS audits the working poor at about the same rate as the wealthiest 1%. You read that right

The Depressing Reason the IRS Prefers to Audit the Poor
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Yep, that's the effect of 'random sampling'.
Sorry you don't understand.

 

[oldngray]

Yep, that's the effect of 'random sampling'.
Sorry you don't understand.

You mean rich people get audited as often as poor people?

 

[bacha29]

Yep, that's the effect of 'random sampling'.
Sorry you don't understand.

Correspondence audits or in person physical audits?

 

[Old Man Jingles]

Correspondence audits or in person physical audits?

If you are brave enough ... ask @rickyb.
He is the one that brought it up.

 

[rickyb]

You mean rich people get audited as often as poor people?

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thats not what it says.

david cay johnston also covered in his book how the IRS targets poor people vs rich, which ive also posted on the forum in the past.

this kind of "enforcement" is also consistent with how cops target minority communities.

 

[oldngray]

thats not what it says.

Yes it was.

The IRS audits the working poor at about the same rate as the wealthiest 1%

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The IRS audits the wealthiest 1% as about the same rate as the working poor

 

[Old Man Jingles]

thats not what it says.

Yeah it does

david cay johnston also covered in his book how the IRS targets poor people vs rich, ...

this kind of "enforcement" is also consistent with how cops target minority communities.

Yes ... having been in both categories, that is true.
At the same time, richer people do not break the law in the way (blue collar crimes) that the poorer people do.

 

[Sportello]

Yeah it does

Yes ... having been in both categories, that is true.
At the same time, richer people do not break the law in the way (blue collar crimes) that the poorer people do.

A blue collar crime would be over sleeping for jury duty. A white collar crime would be embezzling a few million from a cancer charity.

One serves time, one gets to fly on AF1.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

A blue collar crime would be over sleeping for jury duty. A white collar crime would be embezzling a few million from a cancer charity.

One serves time, one gets to fly on AF1.

Good job receiving your daily NPR dose of brainwashing. Well done fren.

 

[Sportello]

Good job receiving your daily NPR dose of brainwashing. Well done fren.

Is that not true, comrade?

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Is that not true, comrade?

I guess that judge hadn't heard about colored people time. It was racist to assume that brother would be on time.

 

[Old Man Jingles]

I guess that judge hadn't heard about colored people time. It was racist to assume that brother would be on time.

I know some Mormons and they kidded about coming late to everything as ‘Mormon Time’.

 

[Sportello]

I guess that judge hadn't heard about colored people time. It was racist to assume that brother would be on time.

That was cute, but not an answer, comrade.

Troll level low.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

That was cute, but not an answer, comrade.

Troll level low.

Ok let's try again:

Good job receiving your daily NPR dose of brainwashing. Well done fren.

Is that not true, comrade?

Yes, it is true. You heard the same BS story I did on NPR this morning. I laughed through the whole thing. Hilarious. Hope the idiot learned his lesson.

 

[BrownArmy]

Ok let's try again:


Yes, it is true. You heard the same BS story I did on NPR this morning. I laughed through the whole thing. Hilarious. Hope the idiot learned his lesson.

Fake News.

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

Fake News.

Exactly.
NPR has slowly lost all credibility, it's partisan garbage seeps through almost everything it puts out now.

 

[BrownArmy]

Exactly.
NPR has slowly lost all credibility, it's partisan garbage seeps through almost everything it puts out now.

So what news do you enjoy?

Never mind, it’s all fake, right?

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

So what news do you enjoy?

Never mind, it’s all fake, right?

I just told you I laughed through an entire NPR story didn't I?

 

[BrownArmy]

I just told you I laughed through an entire NPR story didn't I?

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