Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk posted an ironic message on Twitter mocking Democrats’ efforts to give the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) an $80 billion cash injection amid swirling fears the money might be used to hire legions of tax auditors that would target middle-income Americans with audits. “When the country that revolted over taxes hires…
Elon Musk Weighs In on ‘87,000 New IRS Agents’ With Ironic Message to Democrats
Republican Fears: An IRS Armed and Ready to Audit
August 11, 2022
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A job advertisement for IRS Special Agents “willing to use deadly force” is raising eyebrows amid renewed scrutiny of the tax agency that could greatly expand if Congress passes its new spending bill. The online job ad titled “Criminal Investigation Special Agents” went offline temporarily on Wednesday after it sparked thousands of comments across social…
IRS Job Ad Seeks Agents ‘Willing to Use Deadly Force’
August 11, 2022
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A job advertisement for IRS Special Agents “willing to use deadly force” is raising eyebrows amid renewed scrutiny of the tax agency that could greatly expand if Congress passes its new spending bill. The online job ad titled “Criminal Investigation Special Agents” went offline temporarily on Wednesday after it sparked thousands of comments across social…
Can a GOP Congress Stop the New IRS Gestapo?
Commentary Since the Mar-a-Lago raid, Republican leadership has been bloviating at every opportunity about how they will “investigate” crimes of the Democratic Party and their three-letter agency allies like The Erinyes should the GOP win back Congress, as widely predicted, in November. Fine. But investigations mostly end up as just more bloviating accompanied, at best, by…
Yellen Tells IRS Not to Target Middle-Income Americans With Audits as Crackdown Fears Swirl
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has ordered the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) not to send tax enforcers to audit households making less than $400,000 per year after concerns were raised that a massive funding boost to the agency would be used to crack down not on wealthy tax dodgers but to bully middle-income Americans. The Inflation…
House Dems Kill Budd Amendment, Say No to Switching Funds for 87,000 New IRS Agents to Hire More Border Patrol Agents
August 10, 2022
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House Rules Committee Democrats killed an amendment offered by Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) that would have transferred billions of tax dollars the Senate slated for hiring 87,000 new IRS agents and instead hire thousands of new border security agents. No changes were allowed by the Democratic majority to the Senate version of the Inflation Reduction…
How the IRS Expansion Would Empower Ruling Elites to Target Americans
Commentary “He has erected a multitude of new offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.” Those were the words of Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, referring to the depredation of King George III. The sentence was part of a long list of grievances that…
IRS Commissioner Says Agency Is ‘Absolutely Not’ Increasing Audit Scrutiny on Small Businesses, Middle-Income Americans
August 10, 2022
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The IRS has said it will “absolutely not” be increasing audit scrutiny on small businesses or middle-income Americans amid concerns over Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act, which provides nearly $80 billion in IRS funding, including $45.6 billion for “enforcement.” IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig made the comments in a letter to members of the Senate on Aug. 4 (pdf) in…
Biden Puts IRS Funding Ahead of Military and Border Security
Commentary Everyone should be deeply troubled by the recent report that the Army is on pace to miss its recruiting goal by dozens of thousands of troops and by the report that followed a few days later, alleging that the Border Patrol is running short of agents in Arizona and Texas. The border is so…
Trump Responds to FBI Raid of Mar-a-Lago; IRS Plans to Hire 87,000 New Agents | NTD News Today
Former President Trump’s lawyer confirms that the FBI seized documents from Trump’s home. Republicans are calling it a dangerous precedent, while Democrats say the search was warranted. Almost ninety thousand new IRS agents would be hired if the Inflation Reduction Act is made law. Democrats say they’ll focus on the rich, but Republicans say they’ll…
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