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... Dave Nershi was finalizing a report he'd worked on for months when an ominous email appeared in his inbox.

Nershi had worked as a general engineer for the Internal Revenue Service for about nine months. He was one of hundreds of specialists inside the IRS who used their technical expertise -- Nershi's background is in chemical and nuclear engineering -- to audit byzantine tax returns filed by large corporations and wealthy individuals.

Until recently, the IRS had a shortage of these experts, and many complex tax returns went unscrutinized. With the help of people like Nershi, the IRS could recoup millions and sometimes more than a billion dollars on a single tax return.

But on Feb. 20, three months shy of finishing his probationary period and becoming a full-time employee, the IRS fired him. As a Navy veteran, Nershi loved working in public service and had hoped he might be spared from any mass firings.

The unsigned email said he'd been fired for performance, even though he had received high marks from his manager. ...

DOGE's slaughter of the IRS looks to me to have one, and only one purpose ...

Cripple the IRS's ability to audit (and possibly, collect money from) high-income tax cheats.

@#4 ... Call me crazy, ...

OK, you may be crazy.

But not for the reason you may think.

... the MINIMAL amount of service is to be able to answer the question HOW DO I HONESTLY FILE AND PAY MY INCOME TAXES? ...

Well, yeah.

That is the crazy aspect of this.

Pres Trump seems to be aiding those high-income people who apparently intentionally want to avoid taxes, at the detriment of the honest workers who want to pay their fair share.