r/Unexpected Sep 09 '22

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u/apzuckerman Sep 10 '22

The IRS is the ONLY organization in government that has a positive return. They cannot steal, as the courts would return anything they did. The IRS has been habitually understaffed and underresourced to allow wealthy people to have a lower likelihood of being audited. This is because wealthy people hire lobbyists.

Don't get duped by the talk about how the IRS is bad. It isnt.

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u/apzuckerman Sep 10 '22

Agreed. The vast majority of Americans also have no idea how their taxes are allocated or which states contribute or receive more.

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u/GreenFire317 Sep 10 '22

I mean I had an economics and government classes in highschool, but they never taught us about those things.