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Stargazer99

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2. When a country allows you to become wealthy-you owe it something and stop the "poor me crap"

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Jun 17, 2024, 10:57 AM

Jun 17

I can just hear the whining and threatening that this auditing of the rich will destroy the economy and other such crap. Watch out! the rich will try to defund the IRS auditing! Are you going to let them get away with it?

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IRS plans to raise $50 billion over 10 years, closing loophole exploited by the wealthy [View all] BumRushDaShow Jun 17 OP

K&R Think. Again. Jun 17 #1

When a country allows you to become wealthy-you owe it something and stop the "poor me crap" Stargazer99 Jun 17 #2

Only $50billion in 10 years? Who wrote this program, the wealthy? Elon Musk alone "earns" that and more in one year. marble falls Jun 17 #3

Rec'd your post, but want to say that it's a start. KPN Jun 17 #7

It is a start, weak tea that it also is. marble falls Jun 17 #10

No question. But it feels to me like the first real and concrete push back KPN Jun 17 #12

Fix the tax code. Stop trying to tweek it. Replace it. twodogsbarking Jun 17 #4

and uncap the Social Security collected from the rich and save that too. ZonkerHarris Jun 17 #5

We have to keep Democrats in congress for the next 10 years, because republicans would put an end BComplex Jun 17 #6

GOTV! Marthe48 Jun 17 #8

"Every Billionaire represents a failure in policy" Seinan Sensei Jun 17 #9

I.R.S. going in the correct direction in closing holes that the rich openned over the decades Traurigkeit Jun 17 #11

So, the IRS has decided to take away any incentives to become a billionaire! 70sEraVet Jun 17 #13

They need to stop the 'loan as salary' scam pfitz59 Jun 17 #14