The Internal Revenue Service, better-known as the IRS, is cutting more than 6,000 jobs in the middle of a busy tax season.
The cuts are part of a widespread downsizing throughout the federal government, being led by Elon Musk’s deputies at the informal “Department of Government Efficiency.”
IRS employees were notified about the looming job cuts on Thursday. Most of the people affected are “probationary” workers who had been on the job for a limited time.
Landing right in the middle of the tax season, the job cuts are expected to make it harder for taxpayers to get questions answered and for the government to collect all of the money it’s owed.
The move drew protests from government watchdogs, who worry it will compromise the government’s ability to go after wealthy tax cheats.
And who is this going to hurt the most? Why the lower and middle classes, of course, Very wealthy people get extensions on their tax returns and won’t be affected, not to mention that most will not be audited because we are losing so many in the IRS, thanks to how dumb No.2 is—or maybe not so dumb!!! This way, he and his cohorts will probably NOT be audited because they are so short-handed. Ah, he’s the best devious president we’ve ever had!
Most lower income people get W2’s so are wage slaves or small businesses with relatively transparent transactions who can’t “hide” income or have enough to invest in tax deferred protected investments or go offshore. So easy to enforce compliance don’t need real humans AI will be more than adequate. But for the rich an entirely different story…