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    Politicians and Government Cringe Thread

    No, I know. OTOH the fact that it's being used to help "finance" Yet Another Useless Spending Blowout is a valid objection. So I get why people are pissed off. I just hate it when shit gets taken out of context. And honestly it's why I fucking hate Twitter.
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    Politicians and Government Cringe Thread

    Well, yes. That can happen but TBH most people generally don't think well of the IRS, in some cases for very good reasons. Like the auditing scandal under Lerner should absolutely have resulted in multiple firings but unfortunately the Beltway tends to protect its own. My personal experiences...
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    Politicians and Government Cringe Thread

    I think you're addressing three different things at once here -not sure about "training to raid suburban homes" but if so that's not exclusive to the IRS; if you're an 1811 (criminal investigator, i.e. Special Agent), you go through tactical training alongside HSI, USSS, NCIS...basically every...
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    Politicians and Government Cringe Thread

    Speaking as someone who deals with fraud and financial crime on a daily basis, I call bullshit. But also that there are a few *massive* misunderstandings and misconceptions over the past few pages of this thread regarding the IRS, and specifically IRS-CI. I'll cover those first, and then get...
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