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MadameButterfly

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18. Someone suggested to me that with half the IRS cut

Reply to AllyCat (Reply #12)

Sun Jul 20, 2025, 02:55 AM

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they wonder if they could go after tax cheats. They just don't have the manpower.
Not recommending you try it though. Instead of a penalty these days they could throw you in a gulag in a foreign country or a swamp where you either get eaten by mosquitos or alligators.

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