Post #1578799

During the previous administration, Congress passed the [Inflation Reduction Act,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation_Reduction_Act) which included $80 billion for IRS to hire more people to go after the rich. The CBO estimated that it would collect $200 billion in the next decade, but there were other predictions of $560 billion. Trump reversed all of that. [Elon Musk and DOGE fired 1/3 of the IRS work force.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/04/02/trump-doge-irs-layoffs-tax-audits-budget/82754087007/)