DOGE Wants To Slash The IRS Workforce By 20% - Here's How People Are Reacting To It
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The article discusses how the Trump 2024 campaign promotes itself as beneficial for job creation and economic growth, despite significant job losses in federal departments. It highlights the IRS's planned workforce reduction of 20%, which could severely impact public services and tax compliance. The article includes perspectives from Reddit users, some of whom support cuts due to frustration with the IRS, while others warn that these reductions will primarily disadvantage middle-class workers and enrich the wealthy. Ultimately, the cuts are seen as detrimental to everyday Americans.
It's a bit infuriating how the Trump 2024 campaign managed to sell itself as a viable option to increase jobs, boost the economy, and bring down the prices of groceries.
If we are not auditing much, it impacts people's willingness to file honestly in the first place.
I've read before that the IRS has an absolutely massive return on investment; if memory serves, every $1 of additional funding to the IRS yields about $7 for the US.
Ultimately, daily Americans feel the impact of cuts to essential government services while the wealthy seem unaffected by these decisions.
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