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In reply to the discussion: Why the ObamaCare Ruling Stinks [View all]TrollBuster9090
(6,130 posts)under Phil "Nation of Whiners" Gramm, the IRS responded by laying off the most expensive employees they had. Namely, the most highly paid ones they had, who specialized in high income tax audits. The result was as you would expect, the wealthy not only get a free ride on their tax RATES, but if they don't even bother to pay them AT ALL, nobody ever notices.
I read an article a couple of years ago in the NYT, I think, claiming that we were losing $300 billion in UNCOLLECTED high end taxes. $300 billion that the wealthy owe in taxes but don't bother to pay, and Uncle Sam doesn't bother to COLLECT because they might send out their phalanx of lawyers to protect their stash. May as well just go after the single mom, minimum wage waitress for the $300 she owes, rather than the plutocrat who owes $300 000. Because the waitress will at least cough up the money without a fight. The plutocrat will keep you in court for two years, and at the end of it, after you've paid $500 000 in legal fees, you might NET $200.