Summary
Under the Trump administration’s “efficiency initiative,” spearheaded by Musk’s DOGE, over 6,000 IRS employees, many specializing in auditing wealthy individuals and corporations, were fired.
This action reverses efforts to address prior underfunding and staffing shortages within the IRS.
With studies showing the IRS generates $5-$12 for every dollar spent on audits, especially on wealthy taxpayers, experts like fired engineer Nershi argue that these cuts will reduce revenue, not save money.
Former IRS Commissioner Koskinen questioned, “why would you cut back on the revenue side?”. Critics argue these cuts, framed as fiscal responsibility, will actually cost more through lost revenue and ultimately benefit “tax cheats.”
Almost like it’s for thier benefit and not ours.
Huh, why would Elron do that? Go figure.
Wasn’t hat the point? They aren’t interested in government savings, thy just want no taxes goe the rich and steal lots of money from the government. That’s it
I really wish the news would stop framing this as them making well intentioned decisions that have negative outcomes they didn’t expect.
Sanewashing
Yeah, this. It’s all b y a mixture of evil design and sheer incompetence. The incompetence is part of the reason why things aren’t as bad yet as they could be
It was never about saving money. It was always about dismantling the government so that the oligarchs could carve out their own personal fiefdoms out of whatever’s left.
Correct. This was the excuse they gave the public to raid the coffers and reduce their own tax obligations.
They have never, and will never, give two shits about us.
I mean that’s the point. And by outsourcing it to a 3rd party of Musk’s college aged rubes MAGA can insulate itself from blame while fixing the system for billionaires.
They know this and it’s not a bug, it’s a feature.
I personally discovered 50 dependents when the cuts were announced.
And I found 20 dead grandmas in their 120s still getting a paycheck right under my kitchen sink! Can you believe this corruption??
The cuts will benefit DOGE employees.
Yes, by letting the taxpayers that would pay the most (by amount, not %) get away with paying less.
