"Not a big change, I always had trouble contacting (the IRS)."

You haven't tried in the last few years, I'm guessing. After over a decade of steadily deciding service, the IRS finally had started...you know...ANSWERING QUESTIONS from taxpayers on how to correctly address their tax issues.

Service improved enormously. I mean going from 15% answered calls to 80% answered calls. Plus, the high-end division paid for itself, probably within the first week.

Now, all that progress will be flushed down the toilet. Because Trump.

And just a reminder: they're not slashing because of waste, fraud, and abuse. They're slashing to pretend to justify the coming $5 Trillion in tax cuts for the world's wealthiest. They'll cut a half-trillion, only to GIVE AWAY ten times as much. And remember: EVERY RENEWED TAX CUT means newly-borrowed money. Every. Single. Penny.

I notice the regular Republican deficit hawks are nowhere to be found.

" Found the tax cheat"

What a riot.

Not only do tax cheats never bother calling the IRS; finding out the rules is the last thing they're interested in.

It all boils down to a very simple question: should a taxpayer trying to find the correct answer be able to get it from the IRS?

I vote YES.

"Didn't IRS just hire 8500 people?"

No. That was Republican math, by someone who had to pretend the plurality of the costs weren't for upgrading the computer system. They also had to pretend higher training costs due to higher retirement rates don't exist.

And remember the "armed" part? 49 of 50 IRS agents aren't armed. And the 2% who are, have to deal with the type of folks you send AT LEAST two agents to interview.

"The biggest tax cheats have an army of people to game the rules"

You misspelled write.