Suddenly, it's the right that wants to defund law enforcement Police for thee, but not for me
Suddenly, it’s the right that wants to defund law enforcement
Police for thee, but not for me
Analysis by Philip Bump, National correspondent
August 9, 2022 at 10:22 a.m. EDT
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/09/suddenly-its-right-that-wants-defund-law-enforcement/?utm_source=reddit.com
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Following concerns about being unfairly targeted by unchecked members of law enforcement, a new movement has emerged calling for agencies to be stripped of power and funding. Rampant distrust and fears about abuse of power are fueling calls to push back, to limit authority and constrain personnel counts.
This isn’t the left’s “defund the police.” It’s the right’s “stop the FBI.” It’s the GOP’s explicit opposition to boosting staff at the IRS.
Over the weekend, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act, a concisely named bill that includes a range of new measures. Among them is increased funding for the Internal Revenue Service, to the tune of some $80 billion over the next decade. That funding includes plans to increase IRS staff by nearly 87,000 full-time employees over that same time period.
The administration’s argument for this move is that the agency has been depleted in recent years, making it less effective. Adding funding and staff will pay for itself in part, the argument goes, because the agency will be better able to identify cheating on taxes. In recent years, both the total number of IRS staff and the number focused on examination and collection have not grown significantly and are at or near levels seen 20 years ago, when there were 30 percent fewer filers.
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