Quote (Sixers @ Feb 18 2022 12:20am)
(though less common for the low level peasants, they mainly go after the rich boiis).
Even this isn't true, sadly. The wealthy have so much money and resources that they can afford to fight the IRS, which is cheaper than paying taxes. So the IRS just doesn't go after rich people (who have complicated taxes anyway because they essentially take out loans vs. their income because loans are not taxable, among other tricks). Instead, the IRS goes after people in that bracket between ultra-poor and ultra-rich, where the cost for the government to audit you is worth the reward.
Government would make a lot more money and do the 99% a humongous favor if they made taxes ultra simple black-and-white, but the 1% control the government, so it'll never happen
This post was edited by Terps on Feb 22 2022 08:33am