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0 pointsceejayoz6y ago0 comments

Instead of contrived, low-ball numbers, you could use the real ones:

> Congress appropriated $11.4 billion for the IRS in FY 2018 and IRS enforcement programs collected $59.4 billion, for a return on investment (ROI) of about $5.2 for every $1 invested in the IRS.

https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/266/02.-IRS-FY-2020-C...

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AnthonyMouse6y ago

What contrived numbers? The argument was that the government should increase IRS resources until they're spending $1 for every $1 they recover. I provided several reasons why that would be inefficient, independent of what the current numbers are.

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