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A_Very_Nice_Dog's avatar

What strikes me about a bunch of these stories (mine is one) is how often the issue isn't related to the actual tax code so much as the simple, merciless steamroller of bureaucracy. Trump used accountants and lawyers to finagle low tax bills, but it's not like the IRS is inadvertently or callously screwing him. He's not getting caught in an algorithm or mired in a paperwork mishap.

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https://twitter.com/VoltaireLaFlare/status/1310596911892697089

Old enough to remember the IRS getting a 10 million dollar budget boost specifically to go after wealthy tax cheats. That 10 million brought in 100 million in back taxes. And it was the first thing Good Decent Republican Friend of Ellen W Bush and his congress eliminated when he was installed after losing in 2000.

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