The bill authorizes spending toward climate change. And an extra $80 billion was inserted to hire 87,000 new IRS enforcement agents.
The Democrats claim that the IRS will be ramped up auditing the wealthy ($400,000 and up).
Republicans dispute Democrats’ claims that the new IRS will only go after the ultra-wealthy. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) disputes this idea.
The IRS website said it was seeking “Criminal Investigation Special Agents.”
The IRS is hiring new special agents!
Requirements include working min “50 hours per week, which may include irregular hours, and be on-call 24/7, including holidays and weekends” and “Carry a firearm and be willing to use deadly force, if necessary.”https://t.co/uvwbrAkIit pic.twitter.com/z0aVX6uoMr
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) August 10, 2022
Although the post has since been deleted, it said that being “legally allowed to carry a firearm” is a “key requirement” for applicants. The posting added that applicants must also “be willing and able to participate in arrests, execution of search warrants, and other dangerous assignments.” And has to “be willing to use deadly force.”
This will more than double the size of the IRS. And make it the largest branch of the US federal government. Dems argue that a bigger will cost 80 billion now to collect $124 billion in additional government revenue over the next decade.
