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The Biden administration’s expensive efforts at beefing up the IRS’ ability to target wealthier Americans with unpaid federal taxes have finally netted $1 billion in additional revenue. Or, to put it another way, the yearlong campaign has generated enough cash to fund the federal government for…about 90 minutes. Do the math. The United States spent about $6.1 trillion last year%202023,)%2C%20resulting%20in%20a%20deficit.). That translates to roughly $16.7 billion per day or about $700 million per hour. Against the federal government’s insatiable appetite for spending, even unfathomably large f…