Staff Reports
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is about to take a significant step that has left its employees scrambling for the exit—6,000 of them to be precise. According to a recent report, the IRS will initiate layoffs starting Thursday, part of the effort to rightsize the federal workforce that started back in the Trump administration. One can only imagine the gnashing of teeth among those who received the dreaded notice, but for many, it seems to be a cause for celebration rather than concern.
The layoffs are said to focus on individuals who were hired within the last couple of years. This neatly coincides with the Biden administration’s clumsy attempts to inject fresh blood into the IRS with a flood of funding and new recruits. Sources indicated that the layoffs are targeting those newer hires who lack the job security of their longer-tenured counterparts. One has to wonder how many of those “new hires” were brought in to enforce the IRS’s infamous reputation for targeting conservative taxpayers.
🚨 "HOW ABOUT JUST NO TAX"
President Trump to terminate all 88,000 IRS agents hired under Biden or "MOVE THEM TO THE BORDER"
"They are allowed to carry guns, you know" pic.twitter.com/aLFZj7psWC
— Publius (@OcrazioCornPop) January 26, 2025
Adding a bit of comedy to the situation, IRS management recently advised employees to come to work with their government-issued equipment in hand. Tax season is upon us, and nothing screams efficiency like directing thousands of employees to haul their gear back to the office while their job security is hanging by a thread. This little circus act comes amidst reports claiming the agency employs around 100,000 officials, accountants, and various other staff—many of whom probably find it hard to file their own taxes while worrying about their job security.
Some might argue that layoffs this close to tax-filing season could create chaos for millions of Americans attempting to navigate their tax obligations. However, the silver lining here is that those layoffs are purportedly not expected to affect employees deemed “critical.” Panic not, tax filers! Rest assured, the IRS will still be around to dissect your deductions and scrutinize your returns—you just might have fewer bureaucrats to endure while they do it.
Critics from the left have pounced on this news, but it’s hard to take them seriously. The IRS has long been the bane of conservative taxpayers, often acting more like a political weapon than a service for citizens. Former officials and staunch Democrats are anxious that the agency’s workforce will dwindle, but Republicans have been calling for IRS cuts for ages now, arguing that these layoffs are a step in the right direction to rein in an overreaching agency notorious for its political biases.
It would seem the IRS hasn’t just stepped into a recruitment bonanza either. Job offers elsewhere are rolling in, as former IRS employees flood the market, resume in hand, ready to abandon ship for new, less contentious waters. Firms in the accounting and law sectors are likely relishing the influx of talent escaping the increasingly bleak IRS environment.
To put it bluntly, the liberals’ panic over the IRS layoff plan is about as convincing as a politician’s campaign promise. Just imagine the frenzy among Democrats as they rally against this sensible downsizing effort. The irony here is, for once, the tax collectors really are getting their comeuppance.
