How big a deal is tax evasion?

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Originally Posted by HotDamnImAPhiMu

I think a lot more people cheat on their taxes than we realize.

Maybe deliberately cheating is pretty common too.

I just wonder how common it is to get caught or have it addressed.

I'm wondering how common Rangel, Geithner, Daschle kind of stuff is, basically, among the general population.

I think we could still hold politicians to a high standard since their failure to fully pay gives the impression that they are much more interested in spending other people's money than they are their own, but I just wondered if there were in terms of percentage that much worse than the rest of us.