Monday, June 30, 2014
Spending by the IRS, 1970-2014
Comments
The left axis appears to have 1 too many zeros. IRS budget has never even come close to 140 billion dollars, even in 2014 dollars. 2012 budget was something like 12 billion
Posted by: Jeffrey | Jul 1, 2014 8:36:31 AM
So, while spending has been growing exponentially, what happened to productivity? Or do we even dare ask such a question?
Posted by: Dale Spradling | Jul 1, 2014 7:41:45 AM
Shouldn't that be Millions of dollars, not Billions of dollars?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_large_numbers
Posted by: Zombie Shane | Jul 1, 2014 7:34:24 AM
Hmm....the commentary in Tuesday's Washington Post online does not agree.
See: "Why the GOP really wants to defund IRS"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/07/01/why-the-gop-really-wants-to-defund-irs/?hpid=z11
Posted by: BOLO | Jul 1, 2014 12:11:57 PM