The federal government is moving towards cutting half of the IRS workers who audit the wealthiest Americans’ returns.

In addition, “when audits showed the use of complicated schemes to understate the value of assets, the I.R.S. had become increasingly reluctant to pursue cases.”

Why bother repealing real estate tax when you can give it osteoporosis?

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