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Charlie Kirk was anti-Trump before he was pro-Trump.

There is so much misinformation dribbled in among boomercon talking points.

Lot of conservatives did fight the culture wars. Phyllis Schlafly killed the ERA. The Moral Majority held back the gay lobby for a while. The Christian Coalition gave us DOMA. The continuing actions of the Pro-Life lobby eventually resulted in the overturning of Roe v Wade.

It's interesting that Kirk has only positive attitudes toward Buchanan and Trump. They are both populist conservatives, which isn't the majority position among conservatives, or at least it wasn't through much of the history of America since the end of WWII.

Instead we got right libertarianism, neoconservatism, social conservatism, and military-industrial-complex conservatism. Libertarianism turns a blind eye to illegal immigration and the offshoring of jobs to the Turd World. Neoconservatism gave us endless useless wars. Social conservatism demanded prudish and narrowminded candidates who could at best win only congressional elections. MIC conservatism only enabled the neoconservatives.

The Tea Party was the beginning of the turn toward populism, but it was dragged down by the libertarians and social conservatives who rode its coattails.

But there is no certainty that populism will survive long. Populism has always been feared by the left and the other conservative factions to devolve into racism, anti-Semitism, and xenophobia. There is also the weakness of populism in that it requires a popular and charismatic leader to energize enough people to rally around the cause. Trump is definitely that leader, but who will it be when he leaves the stage?

That bill was just passed, it's going to take years, if not decades, to hire and train the "87,000". These people will be trained by the managers that have helped make the IRS the least liked federal agency to work for. The training will be disrupted by federal holidays and vacations, too.

I call that legislation "The Tax Accountant Employment Act of 2022."

I have no doubts these hires will be based on diversity as the primary qualification. IOW, the IRS will be hiring people with minimal math skills, and their technology skills come from playing Call of Duty on a computer. They'll likely be started out at GS-7, and the IRS is noted for slow promotions.

Contrast that to the FDIC, who ramped up hiring during the bank crisis in 2008. Their hires were on two-year term contracts, with an FDIC option for two more. Due to my lack of banking experience, I had to apply for a GS-7 position to get my foot in the door.

I wasn't a 7 for long. Within 10 months I was a GS-13, and on the selection list for a GS-14. Thanks to those promotions, I worked there for nearly 5 years, and those were all great years.

If I could have landed a permanent position, I'd still be there...great agency, good people and leadership.