For Trump, their is a straightforward motivation to use tax data, which is the same one of other authoritarians, or even other Presidents before privacy protections were put in place. use the tax system to go after your enemies.
From Levitsky and Way:
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/path-american-authoritarianism-trump
From Levitsky and Way:
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/path-american-authoritarianism-trump
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“IDRS access is extremely limited — taxpayers who have had their information wrongfully…inspected are entitled by law to monetary damages”
If the security of the DOGE website is any indication, the archaic databases of the IRS will retain the sloppy fingerprints of these teenagers who never knew a time when cell phones didn't upload GPS and WAP location data through .gov wifi.
Got it.
Condition of employment?