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IRS Hiring Spree Is the Biggest Expansion of the Police State in American History

By David Harsanyi
Friday, August 12 2022

The Democrats' new reconciliation bill isn't just going to be the largest-ever expansion of a government agency. It's going to be the largest expansion of the domestic police state in American history. Only a statist could believe that a federal government, which already collects $4.1 trillion every year – or $12,300 for every citizen – supposedly needs 80 battalions of new IRS cops. The average American has less reason to be concerned about cops with guns – though the IRS is looking for special agents who can "carry a firearm and be willing…

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