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coinward
on July 21, 2020
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The Guns of Bitcoin (2017)
Do the IRS really carry guns? The man-power needed and costs to enforce collection of coins means this doesn't scale well for the state
inscionent
on July 21, 2020
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They have guns and a yearly budget of US$1.2 billion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRS_Criminal_Investigation
WorldMaker
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They are notorious for "always" catching their criminals, too. Local law enforcement of many stripes in multiple states tried to catch Capone, but in the end it was the Revenuers that caught Capone on tax evasion.
Sschellbach
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For every Capone there are thousands of people you never heard of successfully evading taxes
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