While it should be a priority to cut back spending when in debt, the article posted about cutting back on IRS agents is ridiculous. They make sure that the money owed the government is getting back to the government and without this money the government cannot begin to pay back the debt they owe. Not hiring IRS agents might sound good to people who are worried about making mistakes on their taxes or genuinely have trouble paying, but it seems more like rich people do not want the IRS agents because they do not want to give up their money. Certainly it costs money to hire these agents, but it is more than likely that each one will bring in more money than they are being paid. It does not even seem fiscally responsible to cut back on their funding. It became clear that most of the money owed was from people in higher income brackets and these people need to be expected to pay. Without enough people to enforce the law, it is clear that they will not. Also, if the government is not receiving tax money from the rich, then they will need more from other people meaning this could backfire into average people paying more in taxes because the IRS is not given the opportunity to do their job. The average person is less likely to not pay their taxes and to not respond when requested to. As the article says, “the fact that there is a ten-to-one ratio for the returns on auditing tells you that [tax evasion] is coming from the high-income brackets.” It is very wrong that the people who have the most are the ones who not only try to avoid paying taxes, but succeed.
Do you think there is a good reason for cutting IRS funding?
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