The Internal Revenue Service is perhaps Washington’s ultimate sacred cow. It is the “goose that lays the golden eggs” for the city’s power and prestige, delivering trillions of dollars to allow politicians to work miracles (or at least get re-elected). The Washington establishment is scrambling to squelch any criticism of the 87,000 new revenooers to be hired thanks to President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.
Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank caterwauled that Republicans’ anti-IRS rhetoric is one of the “hallmarks of authoritarianism” and justified Biden’s condemnation of Republicans for “semi-fascism.” His colleague Joe Davidson fretted that “attacks on the IRS” are part of GOP efforts “delegitimatizing government.” Another WaPo article warned that Republicans are “putting federal workers in danger” by “repeating baseless claims” on the IRS.
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