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

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

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