Re: [Pen-l] Dean Baker: Getting the most bang for the stimulus buck

["Max Sawicky" <maxbsawicky@xxxxxxxxx>]

That's the state of affairs now.  Problem is, if IRS doesn't have the resources
to chase people -- audits, criminal investigations, prosecutions, seizures --
the threat becomes more hollow.  You can't do audits on 40 million taxpayers.
The probability of being audited has decreased to nearly zilch.




On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Bill Lear <rael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 11:42:16 (-0500) Max Sawicky writes:
>>How likely or how practical?  How does the Gov find out how much time
>>off was granted?  How does it check what information is provided?  You
>>should ask these questions about every stimulus proposal.  People
>>never do.
>
> But isn't much of contemporary accounting threat-based?  I.e., give
> us the figures, which we will trust, but if we find out we lied to you,
> we'll throw you in jail.  Couldn't this be easily added to tax forms
> for businesses?
>
>
> Bill
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