[HN Gopher] Treasury agrees to block DOGE's access to personal t...
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       Treasury agrees to block DOGE's access to personal taxpayer data at
       IRS
        
       Author : MilnerRoute
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2025-02-20 22:39 UTC (21 minutes ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.washingtonpost.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.washingtonpost.com)
        
       | voidfunc wrote:
       | I give this less than 72 hours before reversal
        
       | throwup238 wrote:
       | What are the assurances that they don't already have the data?
       | This would be the largest data breach in US history that would
       | make the OPM breach look like a stolen garden gnome in
       | comparison.
        
       | UncleOxidant wrote:
       | https://archive.is/fEtbi
        
       | UncleOxidant wrote:
       | Treasury didn't want DOGE having access so agreeing to block DOGE
       | access seems like weird wording here.
        
       | andsoitis wrote:
       | Good. If, however, DOGE gets access, then, like some Nordic
       | countries, I think we should demand public disclosure of all of
       | it.
       | 
       | The public deserves seeing what the richest rich pay in taxes,
       | the middle class, and the poor. There's so much fud and fog in
       | the political discourse around tax burden.
       | 
       | Current POTUS famously, notoriously, refused to disclose his, as
       | has been tradition.
        
         | dkjaudyeqooe wrote:
         | Actually the kernel of a good idea. Over a certain level of
         | wealth taxpayers have a right to know why you're denying them
         | millions of dollars of income, so your tax returns are a
         | legitimate public interest.
         | 
         | Basically if you're paying close to the "full amount" of your
         | tax rate in say the $5 million dollar range, then no disclosure
         | required. If you're substantially under that your deductions
         | should be public.
        
       | dkjaudyeqooe wrote:
       | Thank goodness for small mercies.
       | 
       | I wasn't looking forward to Musk posting my tax return on a
       | twatter rant.
        
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