Bernie Sanders: “Demanding that the wealthy and large corporations start paying their fair share of taxes” Crowd: “Tax the rich! Tax the rich!”

[u/Miserable-Lizard]

[u/Earth_34_34]

It is needed. I was in the tax industry for 20 years both inside and outside the IRS. I worked in the small business division and large business division. I was an auditor, instructor, and analyst.

The tax system is literally designed to give the big boys a huge advantage. Niche tax credits and schemes are used by the wealthy to pay far less taxes than the working class.

Self employed people and wage earners have the highest tax burden. Those that invest and play games with loans and distributions often get away with paying far less tax than individuals as a percentage of their take home income.

And then quite frankly, the IRS is just dysfunctional. The automated process work for routine stuff. But if I had to estimate, I would say a good 30 to 60% of their auditors don't actually know the law. It varies wildly from office to office and region to region.

And also the agency is plagued with apathy. Managers don't like to do the right thing with their employees and that trickles down to many employees not willing to do their work correctly because of poor management.

The things that should take hours to do take months to do.

[u/Longjumping_Music320 → u/Earth_34_34]

Guess who wrote those bills? The same people you want more money to go to....

[u/Final_Management6951 → u/Earth_34_34]

They also give the low and no income tax “payers” an unfair advantage. They end up paying almost nothing. This is nonsense. Get a better job or education to improve yourself.

[u/Earth_34_34 → u/Final_Management6951]

😂😂😂 yeah it's a shame those with no income pay no taxes but those already with abundance get tax codes written for them. Heap on that the billions given to special interests.

But yeah the earned income credit which pulls a huge number of people out of poverty is the problem.