BillBrasky Memorial Political Chat Thread

[ConnorEl]

I wonder if there are people and entities out there whut try to cheat the IRS and avoid paying proper taxes?

 

[myDeaconmyhand]

Settlement?

Like from audits? 2&2 has 1/2 a point in that low income filers are audited at a much higher rate than higher income filers. Most of that inequity is due to the complexity and means means testing of our government using tax credits as economic redistribution instead of…just giving people the money.

 

[ConnorEl]

One year...don't know trend over time.

 

[2&2 Slider To Leyritz]

Settlement?

Yes, that is generally what happens when the IRS asserts an amount is owed and the taxpayer asserts that it is not owed.

 

[2&2 Slider To Leyritz]

One year...don't know trend over time.

I mean kudos for finding a graph on the internet that looks like a large disparity, but I'm not sure how relevant the number of people with over $10 million in annual income are to the majority of the population.

 

[Biff Tannen]

I'm sorry, but I can't discuss income taxes because I'm being audited.

 

[myDeaconmyhand]

I mean kudos for finding a graph on the internet that looks like a large disparity, but I'm not sure how relevant the number of people with over $10 million in annual income are to the majority of the population.

Yeah, all the graphs I have seen have measured the percentage of audits of people below 20k with people above 400k. Something like 12% of people below 20k get audited while 2% of people above 400k get audited

 

[TimmyClutch]

Last time we had a president out on the picket line, was when Reagan was hitting the picketers with a water cannon.

 

[myDeaconmyhand]

Last time we had a president out on the picket line, was when Reagan was hitting the picketers with a water cannon.

Noteworthy that Biden’s solidarity with this UAW strike means that he is essentially supportive of overturning the Clinton and Obama policies that directly brought about these conditions, NAFTA and the terms of the 2009 auto industry bailout

 

[TimmyClutch]

Noteworthy that Biden’s solidarity with this UAW strike means that he is essentially supportive of overturning the Clinton and Obama policies that directly brought about these conditions, NAFTA and the terms of the 2009 auto industry bailout

What if I told you that Biden has been the most pro-union president in the past 50 years…

 

[PhDeac]

Noteworthy that Biden’s solidarity with this UAW strike means that he is essentially supportive of overturning the Clinton and Obama policies that directly brought about these conditions, NAFTA and the terms of the 2009 auto industry bailout

Noteworthy that a politician can see the consequences of bad policies he previously supported and work towards addressing them.

 

[Biff Tannen]

Cars are bad.

 

[myDeaconmyhand]

Noteworthy that a politician can see the consequences of bad policies he previously supported and work towards addressing them.

 

[myDeaconmyhand]

Biden used to be a real piece of shit. Spiked up hair, little bitty jeans, chicken spaghetti at Chicallinis. People can change.

 

[PhDeac]

I don't get either of those posts.

 

[smallbigtall]

Biden used to be a real piece of shit. Spiked up hair, little bitty jeans, chicken spaghetti at Chicallinis. People can change.

You think this is slicked back? This is PUSHED back. Definitely not spiked up.

 

[bym051d]

I don't get either of those posts.

It's millennial references, I think.

 

[Liquid Karma]

No, it is the word I'm looking for. Have you dealt with them recently? They have hired a bunch of idiots with minimal understanding of the tax code whose sole purpose is to extract the highest settlement possible, regardless of underlying accuracy.

I've been dating an IRS auditor for a long time, and this is just a hilariously bad take.

 

[PhDeac]

I’m having a hard time imagining an IRS auditor that fits your type.

 

[TownieDeac]