• spidermanchild@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    That’s entirely the wrong denominator for this comparison. IRS doesn’t write the budget nor do they write tax law, they just collect.

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Fine, revenues are $4.9 trillion. My point is that $1.9 billion is literally a drop in the bucket - hardly an example of the IRS “going after rich people”.