Why government costs so much, cont’d.

J. Russell George (Treasury Dept. Inspector General for Tax Administration):

Individuals who are not authorized to work in the United States received billions of dollars from the IRS last year in a refundable tax credit based on earned income called the Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC). ... Claims for this credit by these individuals have escalated sharply from $924 million in 2005 to $4.2 billion in 2010.

Those escalating claims tell me the illegals aren’t filing for the credits on their own; somebody has to be "helping” them.  That those somebodies are aiding in fraud against the government ought to interest the feds.  Unfortunately, the Justice Department seems to be too busy raiding Gibson Guitars to investigate.

(Not that it ever would, what with illegal immigrants and the "community organizers” who support them being two major Democrat client groups, and all...)

Via:  TaxProf via Insty

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