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Kim Perales

"IRS layoffs are underway as DOGE moves to eliminate 25 percent of the workforce. The tax agency will lose roughly 20,000 jobs, including workers in its civil rights office, as part of the Trump admin's downsizing of the government."

The oligarchs have impunity, but everyone else has to pay their taxes. The agency will no longer provide adequate service, & dedicated employees are fired, needlessly.

washingtonpost.com/business/20

The Washington Post · IRS will cut 25% of its employees, eliminating its civil rights officeBy Jacob Bogage

@KimPerales I think it maybe time for me to start classes on How To File Taxes Like A Corporation. Because I can get my tax rate to zero....and then I add stuff back in until I get to unlikely to audit range. But hell, if audits are a thing of the past, and they aren’t looking at corporate filings....

@KimPerales
Fascism is not a mere pause of everything good.
You don't get to resume where civilization stopped.
The fascists crush structures that take decades to rebuild.
I'm German. We know.

@KimPerales The most aggravating thing is that some of these workers were auditing cheaters, and the amount of money they bring into the government is about 2.5x what it costs to run that team.

If they wanted to save money and reduce fraud, they would be increasing the size of that team, not reducing it.

@KimPerales I have a feeling DOGE is just a diversion. Even still, it is so awesome hearing IRS agents losing their jobs. I hope they starve.

@KimPerales What would happen if we all decided not to file a 2024 Return?