The Most Fresh & Cordial Political Thread Ever

[MTK]

How the IRS Was Gutted

An eight-year campaign to slash the agency’s budget has left it understaffed, hamstrung and operating with archaic equipment. The result: billions less to fund the government. That’s good news for corporations and the wealthy.

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by MTK

How the IRS Was Gutted

An eight-year campaign to slash the agency’s budget has left it understaffed, hamstrung and operating with archaic equipment. The result: billions less to fund the government. That’s good news for corporations and the wealthy.

Fix the technology (why this hasn't already been done is beyond me, and it could be 100% republican's faults, I honestly don't know, just fix it) and simplify the tax codes. Sounds like a good combo to me.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001

Fix the technology (why this hasn't already been done is beyond me, and it could be 100% republican's faults, I honestly don't know, just fix it) and simplify the tax codes. Sounds like a good combo to me.

The poor IRS spent 700k this year on ammo alone and there annual budget of 10 billion is more than enough. Anyone who can’t get government contract pricing hardware should be fired immediately.

The problem isn’t money, it’s typical incompetence and they have a solid history of corruption :

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/o...d-incompetence

The IRS has a history of corruption and incompetence

The IRS failed to hire 5,000 new employees between 2017 and 2019. The agency had been allocated funding for this staff, so these hiring woes are due to bureaucratic problems, including the fact that the IRS has not updated its workforce plan in 15 years. Further, the IRS has a union contract that requires it to consider internal applicants before hiring externally, a process that TIGTA says leads to a "waste of time and resources" and often results in the agency "shuffling existing employees around."

In 2013, IRS employees spent over 520,000 hours on union activities, costing taxpayers $23.5 million in salary and benefits.


Fuck the irs. My JTC info above tells you, it won’t be the wealthy they are coming after…the poor and working class like always

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by MTK

How the IRS Was Gutted

An eight-year campaign to slash the agency’s budget has left it understaffed, hamstrung and operating with archaic equipment. The result: billions less to fund the government. That’s good news for corporations and the wealthy.

The 600 billion number can not be ignored .