The IRS is not suddenly arming itself to come collect your taxes, as U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz suggested on Fox News. The agency has a century-old criminal investigation division that routinely buys weapons and ammunition for its special agents.
lists several others, including the Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration.
Biden’s plan to raise taxes targets corporations and high-earning money managers, assuming the Inflation Reduction Act passes the U.S. House. That bill may have secondary effects on average Americans that are hard to measure,
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