“By firing us, you’re going to cut down on how much revenue the country brings in,” said an axed IRS specialist who’d been brought in to audit complex tax returns filed by large corporations and wealthy individuals. “This was not about saving money.”
By @andykroll.bsky.social
By @andykroll.bsky.social
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https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/16/politics/oval-office-gold-decor-trump/index.html
Do they really think they can get away with this? Do they expect people to just disappear?
Exempt the uber-wealthy and
Squeeze the needy and low income folks.
Awful, dopey monsters…
Trump + his oligarch allies are probably all tax cheats, and their goal is to make it harder for IRS to stop cheating, which rewards cheating.
No due diligence, scrap the know-your-customer, pecunia non olet.
And tax loopholes (licit or otherwise) for those who can afford them🤬
They didn’t need to
They just ripped the guts out of their countries; seizing natural resources, industry, enterprise, all access to capital + trade, impoverishing, jailing or killing everybody - the land + population in ruins while they solely were enriched
About 15000 very rich never filed returns last year & were caught
This administration will facilitate the biggest money grab since the breakup of the Soviet Union. Perhaps ever.
Instead, the firings are eliminating resource assets of the US Government.
F #republicans too
As in deconstruction of the administrative state on behalf of 1) greed and 2) the interests of a foreign adversary
There are some places where every dollar we spend either saves us more than $1 or brings in more than $1 in added revenue. That is, some programs that are cost positive.
And DOGE is out to cut every single one of them.
Bankrupt govt and turn it all over to private corporations.
Welcome to RoboCop
It is not about cutting fraud or saving money...but about
putting money in Trump's pocket.
In reality, this is the fall of the empire.
Billionaires avoid taxes with less IRS staff.
That’s 10% less revenue on their behalf.
GOP will make cuts but do we know where?
Obviously Social Security, Medicaid & Medicare.
I know, it pretty much goes without saying, but I still like to show some orca support at any opportunity
Republicans have been systematically cutting the IRS for at least 25 years. I'm pretty sure, but not 100% sure it started under W, but I gotta imagine long before that.
https://5calls.org/
Help rich tax cheats.
The convicted felon is selling its…
Parks
Federal lands
Schools
VA’s
Social Security
Post offices.
Land of the brave, home of “the highest bidder.”
America is not in the business of “feeling your pain” or “feeding your hungry.”
Poverty is now acceptable.
Disgusting and invigorating - unfortunately, spreading fear is functioning well
(And don’t just ‘like’ this post - what’s needed is for you to PLEASE SHARE far and wide!)
https://bsky.app/profile/womenwarriors.com/post/3lguxql57r22e
Corrupt and fraudulent drain on American psyche.
Trump/Musk & #Republicans are committing a heist -
desecration & destruction of our agencies/government, economy, democracy...
DO THE MATH!!!
Oppose welfare for the wealthiest!!!
How do we know this is true? Look at how hard the republicans fought adding agents, when they were going to bring in more money.
If it happened to protect other wealthy people, he could use that as a bargaining chipm
that are due
would bring in an
ADDITIONAL
TRILLION
DOLLARS.
Every dollar spent by the IRS brings in $5 - $12.
The IRS
is one of the
most cost-efficient govt agencies there is.
IRS workers were fired to allow rich people to cheat.
It’s not about waste.
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