Newsweek - During an unscheduled stop on the casino floor at Circa Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday, Donald Trump said he might terminate the contracts of thousands of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) workers, reviving debunked claims that the agency has hired 88,000 enforcement agents to go after taxpayers in the past few years.
"On day one, I immediately halted the hiring of any new IRS agents," Trump told a crowd of supporters gathered at the Circa Resort & Casino. "You know they hired—or tried to hire—88,000 new workers to go after you, and we're in the process of developing a plan to either terminate all of them or maybe we'll move them to the border," he added.
Should Trump really follow through on his threat and let go of thousands of IRS agents—or transfer them to other roles—during his presidency, the agency could see its capacity to collect taxes and ensure that individuals and corporations comply with tax laws significantly reduced. That could lead to less enforcement, higher rates of tax evasion, and potentially less revenue for the federal government. More
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