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How the IRS went soft on billionaires and corporate tax cheats - ICIJ (www.icij.org)

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I was putting butchers, bakers and candlestick makers in jail, but the big stuff we really wanted to go after was being ignored. — former IRS agent Michael Welu

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[–] Nachorella@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 months ago

Wow those Billionaires mustn't be committing many tax crimes at all. /s

[–] BoJo@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago

A thousand dollars here, a new boat there, and hey suddenly the IRS doesn't look me in the eye!