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[โ€“] foggy@lemmy.world 217 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Kinda has a stench of "the wealthy get taxed too much ๐Ÿ˜ข"

The IRS doesn't get that money. The IRS processes that money and prevents your lottery-ticket-buying-ass from hoarding it all, and redistributes some of that unnecessary wealth to the utilities and services were all invested in together as a society.

[โ€“] CAPSLOCKFTW@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sadly, the IRS isn't properly staffed or equip to go after rich people...

[โ€“] foggy@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

Yeah good thing they take it from lottery winners up front.

[โ€“] rifugee@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

I heard this eloquent way of saying it the other day:

The IRS doesn't have the money to go after people with money.

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