our priorities

from the New York Times today:

"Ms. Olson said the I.R.S. devoted vastly more resources to pursing questionable refunds by the poor, which she said cannot involve more than $9 billion, than to a $100 billion problem with unreported incomes from small businesses that deal only in cash, many of which do not even file tax returns."

"...while tax fraud by the not-so-poor weighs in at about $340 billion."