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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Poor people can't afford lawyers to fight back.

Rich people can.

~~Ergot~~ Ergo, they aim at poor people way more often.

[–] kpw@kbin.social 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The Pentagon is not some rich dude with lawyers.

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] kpw@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The military also doesn't make any revenue probably.

Yeah not my fault its a badly considered meme.

I was just responding to the second half.

The IRS isn't in charge of auditing the Pentagon, congress is.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Ergot, they aim at poor people way more often.

Or 99.9% of people are poor lol.

Besides, thank you Biden.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/11/09/irs-uses-funding-to-audit-wealthy/71486513007/

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not sure what grain fungus has to do with it

[–] thebuoyancyofcitrus@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

Well, they are pretty clearly tripping, so maybe grain fungus has more to do with it than we realize.

[–] mrchuckles@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

ergotism is a sick grim salvo reference