alt Hacker News> hoping it becomes a divisive topic.
Actually no. Did you notice I’m criticizing both administrations?
The similarity to ICE funding is about the misuse of agencies as places to stock resources for your party.
> You’re shifting the discussion to organizations being political
The article suggests that a bunch of IRS people got cut. The missing context is the bunch that got added at the end of the Biden administration. Without considering the 2022 bill, we can’t tell the delta.
> A well-worn and sleazy playbook
That would be pretending to be above politics while making moves with obvious political impact.
> Actually no. Did you notice I’m criticizing both administrations? The similarity to ICE funding is about the misuse of agencies as places to stock resources for your party.
You and only you brought party politics into a discussion about the wealthy needing a disproportionate amount of tax policing and oversight, yet getting policed less and less as the years and decades to by.
Irrelevant, bad-faith tactics and playbook.