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54 sats \ 14 replies \ @Bell_curve 30 Jul \ on: 5,800 IRS Employees Owe Nearly $50 Million In Unpaid Taxes: Treasury IG news
Not surprising especially under Biden
Have you noticed federal employees are more incompetent and less ethical under Biden?
They were just as bad under trump.
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Yes. Useless civil servants are bipartisan.
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It’s not 50/50
Cliff Clavin is the outlier. 99 percent of civil servants vote Democrat. Why would they vote for smaller government?
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When a new administration comes in all the useless patronage jobs are given out to the party faithful. I grew up in one of the most solidly republican counties in the country. It was run like a mob family. The government workers had to kick back 1 percent of their salary to the county republican party. Workers had to buy tickets to pricey fundraisers. They didn't mind, since they had cushy, overpaid jobs. The county leader was convicted in a pretty famous prosecution. I don't really see a huge difference between the parties in this respect. It is always worse when one party dominates the area for years.
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I’m guessing you grew up in Nassau County or somewhere in Long Island
If you had to guess how many IRS agents vote Republican? Half? Less than half? Less than 20 percent?
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You're probably right regarding sheer numbers, just based on my sense of things. If a republican administration decided to clean house, the replacements would be as lazy and corrupt, IMO.
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Fair enough
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Government workers are parasites by nature. I don't see any long term solutions. Best to focus on controlling the size of the beast.
Yeah, your numbers are probably right. It's still going on re Long Island. I have personal knowledge of it through close family and friends.
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