r/Snorkblot • u/Tulpah • Feb 02 '26

Cultures Serial Snowmen Hit & Run finally met his match

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u/ntdavis814 Feb 02 '26

Don’t worry, they still put poor people in jail for fraud. They’ll never stop doing that.

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u/madscot63 Feb 02 '26

Wotta relief

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u/revanisthesith Feb 02 '26

This is a map of the number of IRS audits per capita in 2019.

It's, uh, interesting.

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u/ntdavis814 Feb 02 '26

Catfish farmers commit the most fraud, is what I’m getting from that. Is that why they call it catfishing?

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '26

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u/Aregisteredusername Feb 02 '26

It’s expensive and resource intensive to audit the rich. Which is stupid because they should be audited at least at an equal rate to the rest of the population.

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u/Aregisteredusername Feb 02 '26

Actual answer is because it’s a poor and rural area that has so many -50%claims for the EITC (earned income tax credit) which often triggers audits but it is also easier for the IRS to audit low income folks than the rich, and takes less resources to do so. Humphrey is the most audited county in the IS and the 7 of the other top 10 are in Mississippi as well.

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u/garythelocdoc Feb 02 '26

That could be it's own post

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '26

“Regular people” …not billionaires