The oligarchs couldn't give a shit since they're immune to paying taxes. Is it just pandering to the libertarians lol?

I mean I'm all for it, at least in the States not in general, not that it'll pass. I guess it puts the Democrats in the hilarious situation of having to defend an institution that 99% of the time only attacks people barely scraping by again. That won't look out of touch at all.

Mix that with the earlier threats of the IRS coming after people making like 600 dollars a year online, you have a really good platform to attack the Dems on.

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    2 years ago

    They're playing tug-of-war with the agencies themselves. The IRS is largely seen as a "liberal" agency, in contrast to the DEA or ICE which are seen as "conservative".

    Its they same reason conservatives like cutting funding to the Post Office or the State Department. It has relatively little to do with the politics of the respective organizations and far more to do with which team has more of their people staffed within the agency.

    Depending on how this current crop of Republicans views the FBI or the DOJ or the Census Department, they could just as easily be on the chopping block.

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        2 years ago

        I mean, given its history, the IRS kinda sucks too.

        It mostly just exists to harass black people claiming EITCs by now.

    • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      IDK if the FBI is as insane as the CIA but I can't imagine they'd just let that happen.

    • walletbaby [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      It's hilarious how the Repubs used to be 100% on board with the FBI only to have it turn on them and attack. They used to worship the ground the FBI walked on and now it's turned itself into their #1 enemy.