Re: “Tax revenue could plunge by 10% amid turmoil at IRS” (March 23, A1):
We’ve to surprise why the Trump administration needs to starve the Inside Income Service, a federal company that really brings in funds to help parks, roads, well being care and different essential providers for Americans.
Because the article factors out, these cuts not solely deplete the IRS helpline workers. Additionally they enable the rich to extra simply sport the tax system.
Already, the funds cuts have compelled the IRS to drop the Biden-era investigations of enormous companies and wealthy people — which could simply be the purpose.
Rating a giant win for President Donald Trump and others wishing to keep away from paying their fair proportion — and a loss for the remainder of us who like having a human on the opposite finish of the helpline and want to retain (and even enhance) our public providers with out including to the nationwide debt.
Patricia Jones, Seattle
