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Your quote states they get $80b over ten years. How many years has it been? You got this!
Your quote states they get $80b over ten years. How many years has it been? You got this!
Your comment would be accurate if it cost them $80B to recover $1B.
Your own quote points out:
$80 billion for the IRS over a 10-year period.
Which makes your comments misleading, not accurate.
Sure, but Trump didn’t sound like he was lost at the grocery store. Most of what Trump said was nonsense he made up on the spot but he said it with confidence. Trump knows his supporters won’t fact check him; Biden is burdened with the truth. It’s not fair but we unfortunately need someone who can spar with Trump on stage. If someone flusters Trump on stage he will spiral out of control.
That’s how replies are made from mastodon afaik.
It all comes down to:
But the largest hurdle to making plant-based proteins a more viable alternative for everyone is the U.S. government’s deep investment in the status quo. Washington spends up to $38 billion subsidizing the meat and dairy industries each year, a move that keeps prices artificially low.
This seems to amount to: “My dad could support a family of 5 and own a home with no college education or trade skills while my mom stayed home but they had it harder because cell phones didn’t exist.”
Economists at Harvard studied a four year period and concluded the IRS gains $4.25 for every $1 spent on auditing wealthiest tax payers.
I wonder if the IRS can immediately recover funds with a magic wand or if it’s a protracted, investigative process.
https://www.businessinsider.com/irs-tax-audits-recover-12-dollars-for-every-dollar-spent-2023-6