I was just struck by the realization that there are going to very soon be tens of thousands more IRS agents, and I think we're all going to get to know them better. There might even be group hugs involved.
Then I remembered that recently the IRS skewed eyebrows by buying lots of ammunition.
https://marketrealist.com/p/is-the-irs-buying-ammunition/
"2019, Forbes reported that the IRS had hoards of ammunition and guns. By the end of 2017, the IRS already had around 4,487 guns and 5,062,006 rounds of ammunition. It was reported that the guns in IRS possession weren't for civilians. According to reports, many of the guns are machine guns."
"The Wall Street Journal reported in 2016 that the IRS had 2,316 special agents (the number has likely grown) and spent an estimated $5,000 on each agent for weapons and ammunition."
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-your-irs-auditor-needs-a-machine-gun-1466613907
"None of the agencies being armed and trained are considered military, so they can be used to enforce whatever policies a future administration may deem fit..."
The Inflation Reduction Act that Kamala Harris recently was the tiebreaking vote on apparently is going to increase IRS personnel from a couple thousand IRS agents to ~90k of them.
That's a lot of hugs, and machine guns.
Now, 90k accountants with machine guns may not actually reduce inflation, but it may well reduce the perception that inflation is problematic. When I was a kid and told my dad that my thumb, or something, hurt, he stepped on my toes. When I squawked and complained he pointed out that I wasn't worried about my thumb anymore.
It seems that is the philosophy behind the Inflation Reduction Act. It won't reduce inflation, but we won't be complaining about inflation anymore.
Get ready to hug your ass off, because it really looks like we're in for a major hugfest.
