My reading: Uncle Sam’s Ledger Logic:
$2 trillion vanishes into the Pentagon void? “Oops, slipped through the cracks!”
Your $600 Venmo transfer? “Caught you red-handed! Now, where’s our cut?”
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Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Sorry to be that person but this doesn’t make sense for a couple legitimate reasons.
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For sure BS the DoD isn’t really improving. Yet this is an apples to oranges comparison.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
paultimate14@lemmy.world 6 months ago
On the other side of the meme, why shouldn’t money obtained via a 3rd party platform need to be reported to the IRS? I don’t understand the complaint.
Is your business suddenly special and tax-exempt just because you sell your custom knick-knacks on Craigslist on or accept venmo for your at-home dog grooming service or whatever?
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 6 months ago
The joke is that they hold taxpayers to ridiculously high standards, to the point where the concept of $600 of unreported income is something the government will harass you for. While they can just accept billions of their own spending going unaccounted for without a second thought.
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s not about taxes, not really. It’s the hypocritical and one-sided scrutiny of citizens vs corporations and the military industrial complex.
Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
It’s still wrong. Even when not about taxes directly.
It demonstrates either ignorance about government responsibilities, ignorance about GAP, or combination of both.
People passing this around should do better to come up with an applicable comparison regarding oversight the IRS has. There are many examples.
But the IRS isn’t the GAO. Auditing the DoD will never be something the IRS handles.
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ok, so where is the missing 2 trillion dollars?
Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Ok, so where is the missing 2 trillion dollars?
That’s for the GAO to figure out. Not me or the IRS. The IRS is already understaffed and funded as is. And both the IRS and DoD are Executive branch. That’s why the audit authority rests with Congress to provide checks against Executive authority.
You seem to be missing the forest for the trees. It’s about hypocrisy, not the highly specific functioning of an inept governmental office.
If it’s only about hypocrisy there are still better examples. The DoD doesn’t generate revenue so there isn’t anything to tax. Meaning the IRS shouldn’t be involved.
If to call out the DoD make it about how they expect this level of accountability with their own suppliers and staff that they’re failing. If to call out the IRS it could go with numerous options unrelated to the DoD.
As is it doesn’t make sense.
gardylou@lemmy.world 6 months ago