Republicans Want to Gut the IRS

Politico: “With seemingly little pushback from Democrats, the GOP this week secured $350 million in IRS budget cuts into the ‘cromnibus,’ just weeks before one of the toughest tax seasons starts. The cuts to the IRS — and the larger negotiations on the year-end spending bill — offer a sneak peek at what Republicans plan to do when they are able to dominate government spending decisions.IRS watchers warn that the agency is spiraling toward a rocky future that will rival some of its darkest days in its history, when whistleblowers blew the lid off IRS agents abusing power and thousands of tax returns were lost in the mail.”