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IRS leadership on Thursday announced that the agency has recovered $4.7 billion in back taxes and proceeds from a variety of crimes.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

When people say tax the rich, they're talking about the government taxing them. Which includes the IRS.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

I know. But this entire article was about specifically the IRS using it's additional staffing (which it is likely to lose soon). Not about Congress changing the tax code (which won't happen for the better anytime soon)