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Yaaaaaaaasssssssssssssss https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-to-seek-80-billion-to-bolster-irs-tax-enforcement-11619539465
I was planning to write a "fund infrastructure by auditing the fuck out of rich people post," but I'm glad Biden's team pre-empted me. In the meantime, here's a piece about the collapsing IRS audit rate... https://slate.com/business/2020/01/irs-audits-revenue-declining.html
...and here's a piece about how much frickin' money we could raise with more enforcement, though scoring it would require changing CBO rules https://slate.com/business/2019/11/irs-elizabeth-warren-larry-summers.html
...and here's a piece about how every time Republicans complain about this, Democrats should talk about Donald Trump's dumb $750 tax bill, and how he's only been audited because the law happened to require it https://slate.com/business/2020/09/trump-taxes-irs-democrats.html
I kind of want to, like, do a jumping air-five with @jdcmedlock right now
