With 87,000 New Agents on Way, 4 Facts About IRS Gun Arsenal

The Daily Signal ^ | August 12, 2022 | Fred Lucas

[LibertyWoman]

Some of the 87,000 new agents whom Democrats propose to hire at the Internal Revenue Service could come with some extra firepower.

On Friday, House Democrats gave final passage to the tax and spending bill they dubbed the Inflation Reduction Act, which, among other things, would double the size of the IRS with 87,000 new agents to beef up enforcement.

As of two years ago, the IRS had an arsenal of 4,600 guns, reported OpenTheBooks, a government watchdog group.

Two federal investigations in the past decade found that IRS agents had not been sufficiently trained and were accident-prone with the weapons they have. Armed IRS raids on nonviolent taxpayers surfaced as a concern almost 25 years ago during a Senate hearing.

The legislation, which unwinds from 2023 through 2031, would devote $80 billion to expanding the IRS and boosting tax revenue to pay for Democrats’ green energy subsidies and other pet projects.

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During the House floor debate Friday, Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., raised concerns about arming IRS agents.

“This bill has new IRS agents and they are armed, and the job description tells them that they need to be required to carry a firearm and expect to use deadly force if necessary,” Boebert said. “Excessive taxation is theft. You are using the power of the federal government for armed robbery on the taxpayers.”

Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., suggested that no IRS agents are armed.

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After sparking some controversy amid the proposed expansion of the agency, the IRS deleted “willing to use deadly force” from the job description.

[Flick Lives]

Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., suggested that no IRS agents are armed.

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Then confiscate all the weapons from the IRS.

[Gnome1949]

The American people should demand NO FIREARMS BE SOLD TO THE IRS by firearms manufacturers. Those guns will be used with deadly force against the American people.

[HYPOCRACY]

An army of CPAs. Scary.

[Erik Latranyi]

$66 billion - Russian Military Budget
$80 billion - IRS Budget

[Dan in Wichita]

This is the beginning of a federal police force. They will be patrolling our cities and neighborhoods to ensure compliance with government mandates and to squelch criticism of the ruling class.

Obama salivated openly about creating a Gestapo-like enforcement arm of government, but could not get it done in his 8 years. Biden got it done.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

The Robber Barrons are building their army.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

My wife and I went into town and visited a shop. When we came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket. We went up to him and I said, "Come on man, how about giving a senior citizen a break?" He just ignored us and continued writing the ticket. I called him an "a**hole." He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having worn-out tires. So my wife called him a "s*ithead." He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he started writing more tickets. This went on for about 20 minutes. The more we abused him, the more tickets he wrote. He finally finished, sneered at us and walked away. Just then our bus arrived, and we got on it and went home. We always look for cars with Biden stickers. We try to have a little fun each day now that we're retired. It's so important at our age!!

[LibertyWoman]

This is where we will see how well the 10th Amendment holds up because imho, that is the only hope we have at this point.
America is going to continue to become more and more balkanized.

[Noumenon]

KTF

[LibertyWoman]

lol!

[oldasrocks]

Give some people a little power and they just go Haywire.

This is a saying that I heard over 50 yrs ago and totally accurate. Disarm the police but arm the IRS? What is wrong with this picture.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

HA!

Good one!

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Disarm local police and FEDERLIZE (like Fascists always do) nationally all of law enforcement with one leader.

[Thunder90]

They will roll BATFE back into the Treasury Department.

[GranTorino]

It will probably hold up as well as it did in 1861.

[waterhill]

Anyone need a job? 87000 conservatives?

[babble-on]

They are not hiring 87000 new agents, for starters. Over 10 years they are hiring that many total employees, and even with that, the total staffing will only go modestly above the level it was at 10 years ago.

[johnthebaptistmoore]

Will these abuses of power be overturned by TSCOTUS, at some point in the future?

[stockpirate]

“This is the beginning of a federal police force. “

Now that is funny, look at the FBI, DHS, ATF, Antifa, BLM just to name a few.