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Ben Wikler: “They have so mangled the IRS that wealthy tax cheats are…”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 12:26

And they're going to come, they're coming for Medicaid. Yeah, they're coming for Medicaid, they're coming for Medicare. They're, they're, I mean they could mangle everything. I just read that They have so mangled the IRS that wealthy tax cheats are going to walk away with $500 billion. that's the estimate. Half a trillion dollars that is owed to the people of the United States in federal taxes that they're not going to collect. (12:26–12:34)

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Asserts that IRS mismanagement will result in $500 billion in uncollected taxes.

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