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IRS collects milestone $1B in back taxes from high-wealth taxpayers

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95 points gmays | 3 comments | 27 Jul 24 02:48 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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from-nibly ◴[27 Jul 24 05:12 UTC] No.41084584[source]▶
A reminder that taxes don't fund the government they curb inflation. The government funds itself by printing money and taking out loans.
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1. vasco ◴[27 Jul 24 06:51 UTC] No.41084882[source]▶
Interesting when textbook reply is downvoted.
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2. hoppyhoppy2 ◴[27 Jul 24 08:25 UTC] No.41085226[source]▶
>Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

3. blitzar ◴[27 Jul 24 10:33 UTC] No.41085632[source]▶
In economics many of the textbooks should be downvoted, especially if one takes their statements literally