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Comment by froh | Hacker News Reader

interesting. what makes you think so?

If you doubled or tripled the number of cops in LA, would they solve more difficult crimes in the monied and lawyered Hollywood Hills? Or would they go after more petty crime in South Central, where it’s easy to get a conviction?

ok, so where I from tax fraud is also known as tax sin Steuersünde. it's not like an obstacle that you evade or a game where you dodge the ball. it's fraud and a crime, and not a game to win.

consequentially the German IRS has bought data from Swiss and Liechtenstein tax haven whistleblowers. several times so. and to the amazement and applause of the public, very prominent figures went to jail. like soccer legend Uli Hoeneß.

the corresponding Wikipedia article is surprisingly not available in English yet:

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steuers%C3%BCnder-CD

long story short: if you, the American people, elect representatives who want a fair system, you will get a fair system.

of course IRS will go after tax fraud at scale if you make them do that.

that's a poor comparison. The IRS are not cops, and the monied and lawyered do not commit petty crime at a high level whereas they do commit tax evasion at a much higher level.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_Criminal_Investigation

With enough lawyers you can get a low settlement value if you are found wrong.

Your average middle class person can't afford to risk taking the irs to court.

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