But it’s taaaaaaaaaax season, laments CNN. Indeed it is, and it’s time that the government stops being so taxing to its citizenry.
Thanks to civil service rules, Donald Trump can’t summarily lay off the entire federal bureaucracy. He can, however, direct agencies to cut loose any bureaucrats still in their probationary periods, and that especially includes the IRS, where Joe Biden attempted to add 87,000 new employees to wring more cash out of taxpayers. Six thousand probies will hit the bricks today, according to CNN:
The Internal Revenue Service is expected to fire about 6,000 workers Thursday, according to a source familiar with the agency’s plans.
The government workers who will lose their jobs were more recently hired and therefore have probationary status, making them easier to cut loose, the source said.
The IRS workers who will be fired are…
