If anything, his conservative instincts will keep him from becoming too much of a megalomaniac in dealing with the average tax payer. He’ll tend to view himself as a servant of the people instead of their master. He may have to audit taxes or assess fees, but he will never look to be overly abusive in the process. They need to hire more conservatives actually, despite the inefficient
system. I’ll bet they get more money back(from delinquent taxpayers) in half the time while generating less animus amongst the tax payers they serve! And it will cost the government less at the same time!
So tell him to go for it, and to remember the parable about the servant who was to be released from the management of his master’s finances. This servant went to his master’s debtors and reduced all of their bills so that the master would get some return on what was owed him. The master commended him on this action for it allowed the servant to have gained favor from the folks he was going to need the most support from...as our Lord states”Make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, you may be received into the everlasting habitations”
So tell him to be wise and go easy when he can, he’ll get more results then he would by becoming just another government hard-ass!
Agreed. When I worked as an auditor for a state, you could generally tell the conservatives from the liberals in that the liberals were all about generating revenue, but the conservatives mostly wanted to help the taxpayers understand how to file properly, apart from any tax or refund issues.