The IRS said it stopped sending letters to people who didn’t file their tax returns, when the agency was strapped for funds. Now it’s going after the money.

About 125,000 notices will be sent to high-income earners, including 25,000 people with income more than $1 million, the tax agency said

This is who the Republican party’s complaints about the IRS are intended to protect.

        • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
          101·
          9 months ago

          The Democrats very much less so; a big chunk of their coalition is the labor unions who are outside that demographic.

            • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
              10·
              9 months ago

              The Democrats are a coalition, and not every coalition member is on board with downward redistribution, but a big chunk are, and it has a history of showing in the policies they implement.

              • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
                13·
                9 months ago

                and it has a history of showing in the policies they implement.

                Well, in the policies they would totally implement if just enough of them didn’t block them.

                • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
                  3·
                  9 months ago

                  This one is a great example:

                  • Democrats: lets fund the IRS to go after the richest people
                  • Republicans: OMG armed IRS agents are going to break down your door and tyrannize your pet ferret
                  • Democrats: IRS sends out letters asking people who make more than a million per year who haven’t paid their taxes
                  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    12·
                    9 months ago

                    IRS sends out letters asking people who make more than a million per year

                    Asking. They don’t ask regular people.

                • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
                  8·
                  9 months ago

                  That’s just silly. We’ve got one fascist party and one moderate party (with some actual leftists as part of their coalition)

                  There’s a world of difference between how the two would govern