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Re:How Billionaire Robert Smith Avoided Indictment in Multim... by probably_wrong on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @04:30PM (#26019394)
The point about the IRS auditing poor people more than rich people was in the news some months ago. The IRS confirmed that they don't prosecute the rich because they can't afford to go after them.

Source: https://www.propublica.org/article/irs-sorry-but-its-just-ea...

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Re:How Billionaire Robert Smith Avoided Indictment in Multim... by modeless on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @04:42PM (#26019547)
Your claim that the IRS doesn't prosecute the rich is simply false. https://www.irs.gov/about-irs/irs-audit-rates-significantly-...
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