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CMUHoo

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If the ROI on funding the IRS is positive, it is a plug, yes.


If you're putting more money into the IRS than you get back in taxes, then it's a waste. But if you generate more tax revenue, then that's a sign that the IRS was underfunded. That's pretty simple. Your argument is that they should have been getting that tax money without additional appropriations, but there are a finite number of hours in the work day. You have no idea how an IRS agent spends their day, but you're just assuming they were wasting it chasing after people on your side or low-dollar earners. It's at least as likely that they were already focused primarily on high-value efforts but just didn't have enough staff to do that effectively. Considering the trendlines in the charts below, that seems like the most logical explanation to me.

(In response to this post by Hoodafan)

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Posted: 10/25/2023 at 12:18PM



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What's the ROI for 6 billion? -- FrankGallagher 10/25/2023 08:20AM
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