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If you are a millionaire and you've stiffed the IRS for back taxes, you're in luck! (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 OP
It's a lot easier to chase down 1,000 poor folks who owe $200 apiece The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #1
Exactly. nt SunSeeker Apr 2019 #9
GOP/Trump party cut the funding watoos Apr 2019 #2
+1 dalton99a Apr 2019 #3
The chart starts in 2010. NT mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2019 #5
And if you owe a measly $200 and you are on the lower tier of income GemDigger Apr 2019 #4
K&R!!!! 2naSalit Apr 2019 #6
We're living in a scary time. No longer ruled by laws. Our government has been purchased by thieves. Power 2 the People Apr 2019 #7
K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Apr 2019 #8

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,732 posts)
1. It's a lot easier to chase down 1,000 poor folks who owe $200 apiece
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 12:28 PM
Apr 2019

and don't have the wherewithal to fight back than it is to get $20K out of one person who can afford to hire lawyers and accountants.

 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
2. GOP/Trump party cut the funding
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 12:32 PM
Apr 2019

to the people who do the audits. It was one of the most productive departments in our government.

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)
4. And if you owe a measly $200 and you are on the lower tier of income
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 12:36 PM
Apr 2019

watch out, they will take your first born child if that is the only thing of value that you have.

2naSalit

(86,646 posts)
6. K&R!!!!
Fri Apr 5, 2019, 12:45 PM
Apr 2019

But we aren't allowed to say anything like, oh,

"...it's all about the Benjamins, baby!" or anything in reference to filthy money and who has it and what they do with it. Always gets cast into some other realm of thought whereby the person who said it is evil and has a bias toward some group by way of strategic misinterpretation.

This is what it is, the wealthy attempting to control the planet for their pleasure at the expense of everyone else.

It's kind of funny, back when the Interwebs were new and all, I did a lot of exploring to see what kind of info was being offered. This was the early - mid 1990s. At that time there were already countless CT sites all over the place. I decided to browse a few just out of curiosity and found some astounding claims which were new to me. In decades prior I was privy to some truly imaginative CTs as I traveled the country so looking ot see what was available online was a curiosity when I had regular access to it.

One particular CT struck me as there were some claims that I had known of which turned out to be true and some I really couldn't say for those that seemed plausible and for the way out there stuff, I got a good laugh. This CT site contained a long historical account of the Rothschild dynasty from centuries back and blamed them for financing most of the wars since their wealth and power became a thing. The site also had claims, of course, surrounding the Kennedy assassinations and what the names of descendants of the family in current times and what they were up to nowadays. It seemed somewhat similar, in some ways, to the Illuminati thing only these guys were of a singular family line. Anyway, the interesting part of what I recall to this day were some of the predictions of this century and how wealth and power were heading to a certain point where all of the obscenely wealthy on the planet would have control over everyone else on the planet and enslave us all along with how they might do that... a lot of what they predicted is happening now and is in a seriously progressed state. It makes me think about what they said occasionally, and I can't help but wonder if they really were on to something thta has been well concealed for a longer time than we know regarding the intent of the powerful... not that I would accept all of the CT details or be a follower, but some days one has to wonder what to do when some of the CTs turn out to be true?

Anyway, the rich in this country certainly have weaponized democracy against the people.

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