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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Carol Platt Liebau: Get Ready for a New Army of IRS Agents
Description: A new bill funding 87,000 new IRS agents has passed the Senate. Afterward, Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland insisted Americans have no reason to be concerned as long as they pay their taxes. Nonsense. A Syracuse University study found the IRS is five times as likely to audit households earning less than $25,000 per year. What’s more, the process itself is the punishment. Audits are stressful. They’re time consuming. And all too often, the IRS claims a citizen owes money. Whether or not the agency’s correct, it’s frequently cheaper and easier just to p...