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> Conservative media bubble told their flock that 87,000 IRS federal agents were being hired to come to everyone's houses Did they actually say that, cause tha
by annexrichmond 3y ago
> Conservative media bubble told their flock that 87,000 IRS federal agents were being hired to come to everyone's houses
Did they actually say that, cause that sounds pretty hyperbolic to what their narrative actually was, which is that 87k agents were being hired which would effectively be targeting middle class and small businesses, instead of big corps.
I have friends who were were wrongfully audited, and it’s a huge costly, stressful burden.
I don’t think it’s wrong to question how the IRS is managing its budget.
- pgodzin 3y agoPart of the narrative was how they would all have guns too. It ignored the fact that most of those employees were actually customer service representatives, and you can see this year the huge increase in number of tax filers who were able to actually speak to someone from the IRS on the phone.
- unethical_ban 3y agoI was being hyperbolic. I didn't pay attention to the 87k news, since Fox News and Ted Cruz talked about it I assumed it was meaningless distraction.
- fallingknife 3y ago> I was being hyperbolic Yes. You and the people you are criticizing.
- unethical_ban 3y agoI'm not a "journalist" nor do I, fact-sharer or opinion-spewer, have hundreds of thousands of followers. The obligations I have to society in this regard are lower than cable news.