DOGE Cuts to the IRS will Explode National Debt
How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save
The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. “If you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.
Republicans DOGE Cuts to the IRS is just another example of how STUPID and INCOMPETENT Republicans are because decreasing the ability to collect taxes will Explode National Debt… this is only common sense which Republicans lack.
Per the above article; “Unlike with other federal agencies, cutting the IRS means the government collects less money and finds fewer tax abuses. Economic studies have shown that for every dollar spent by the IRS, the agency returns between $5 and $12, depending on how much income the taxpayer declared. A 2024 report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office found that the IRS found savings of $13,000 for every additional hour spent auditing the tax returns of very wealthy taxpayers — a return on investment that “would leave Wall Street hedge fund managers drooling,” in the words of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy”.
ProPublica reporter Andy Kroll makes the case that DOGE’s cuts to the IRS will do more harm than good.
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