Odds of an individual return being audited by the IRS is 1/150. Wonder if odds of 1/10 for a certain group is statistically significant?
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ABSOLUTELY!
Especially when the only connection they have between them is the fact they contributed to a conservative organization that the IRS has already admitted they illegally targeted.
We're talking about individual targeting, on a mass scale, with a political motive.
Crime of the Century.
Wonder if odds of 1/10 for a certain group is statistically significant?
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Imagine we are playing a game where you flip a quarter 3 times and I give you a dollar if you get 3 heads. That should happen about one time in 8 tries.
After you flip the quarter 3 times it’s my turn. For me to win a dollar from you I have to flip that same quarter 7 times and get all heads. Normally that would happen about one time in 128 tries.
When we play this game over and over you find yourself, like the Tea Party donars, slowly losing your money to me.
Do you think that maybe this game might just be rigged in my favor?
Actually, it is 1/104:
What Are the Odds That Your Tax Return Will Be Audited?
And if your return doesn't include income from a business, rental real estate or a farm, or employee business expense write-offs, the basic 1-in-104 chance of being challenged dwindles to just 1-in-250.
Wonder if odds of 1/10 for a certain group is statistically significant?
It depends on the sample size. How many people that contributed to the Tea Party were actually audited? If it was 10 out of 100, that's must less statistically significant than 1,000 out of 10,000.
you were
TEN TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE AUDITED
if you were a Tea Party donor.
This kind of corruption should inspire some pitchforks and torches.