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Elizabeth Warren

@ewarren

Apr 19, 2022

The IRS has disproportionately targeted lower-income people for audits while ultra-rich tax evaders get away scot-free. My plan would focus IRS attention where it belongs, and where the money is: on wealthy tax cheats.

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Warren, Chu Say IRS Must 'Take On Wealthy Tax Cheats' and Stop Targeting the Poor

"Lower-income Americans are audited by the IRS at five times the rate of everyone else," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

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yea let's take a bat to the knee of the economy, we've been making terrible decisions for righteous reasons anyway so why not

2:45 PM · Apr 19, 2022

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Tbf, focusing on tax avoidance by richer people makes sense for the IRS as an org that collects taxes. It lets them raise money without raising rates for everyone.