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> This is how it ends up with huge armies of bureaucrats doing things that could be easily automated. Less bureaucracy and lower costs sounds like something an
by hansjorg 9y ago
> This is how it ends up with huge armies of bureaucrats doing things that could be easily automated.
Less bureaucracy and lower costs sounds like something anyone would agree on, but remember that a large part of congress has run on anti-tax promises. Hampering the efficiency of the IRS is one way of making good on that.
- ryanmarsh 9y agoThis is not a partisan issue. Both parties have a long history of meddling with the IRS and generally making things worse.
- craftyguy 9y agoBut the current administration is just so good at making things worse
- guelo 9y agoNo, you can't say it's bipartisan when Republicans have consistently sought to intentionally damage the IRS by underfunding it. They even tried to impeach the IRS chief because he wouldn't go along with their manufactured fake news scandal about the Tea Party.
- warrenm 9y agoRepublicans like Obama who reduced funding for the IRS multiple times while in office?
- guelo 9y agoObama had a republican Congress since 2010, which is when the IRS cuts started.
- nitwit005 9y agoOdd that I remember him pushing to increase their budget then: http://www.govexec.com/management/2016/02/obama-would-hike-irs-budget-9-percent/125856/ http://www.govexec.com/management/2016/02/obama-would-hike-i... In general, it does seem true that Republicans haven't been interested in funding the IRS, even though they seem to believe testimony that more funding would increase government income.
- BookmarkSaver 9y agoDid he reduce it, or was it simply reduced while he was in office. Because he had a Republican Congress for 75% of his presidency.
- imglorp 9y agoThere's also the tax prep lobby, which is opposed to more automation, streamlining of code, and making tax prep irrelevant in general. Half the IRS could go away if most americans could do a simple 1040 on an IRS website. Eg: http://billmoyers.com/story/how-lobbying-by-tax-preparer-helps-keep-tax-day-complicated/ http://billmoyers.com/story/how-lobbying-by-tax-preparer-hel...
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