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Yes. That's also not an expansion of the federal government. That's just hiring to fill the responsibilities that the federal government already has.
by xboxnolifes 4y ago
Yes. That's also not an expansion of the federal government. That's just hiring to fill the responsibilities that the federal government already has.
- sokoloff 4y agoIf the IRS hires 87K more people than it currently has, ELI5 how that's not an expansion of the federal government.
- paxys 4y agoBecause the responsibilities of the government stay exactly the same.
- sokoloff 4y agoAnd the employment payments increase by close to $10B/yr from this expansion alone plus the number of employees (and therefore families prone to vote for expansion of federal employees and/or pay/benefits also increases). The federal government gets larger as a result of this. That might be OK, but we shouldn’t pretend it’s not the case.
- mschuster91 4y agoA chunk of the 87k are simply replacement for old IRS staff retiring or quitting. And is it really an "expansion" when the IRS historically has had that amount of staff, got intentionally bled dry by Republican presidents to prevent the IRS from investigating their donors and friends, and is now only returning to the prior norm (and even then, likely not enough to actually fulfill the duties)?
- sokoloff 4y agoIf it was a contraction when the IRS got smaller, it seems logical to see it as an expansion when it gets larger.