[B]udget cuts forced the IRS to trim 8,000 full-time workers from its rolls, 5,000 of whom were auditors. Those layoffs amounted to a 14 percent reduction in the agency’s enforcement staff, which caused the money that the IRS collects through audits to fall off by 13 percent.
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Too bad they didn't choose to cut the Star Trek videos, and all the travel expenses that went with it.
Frankly, I'm suspicious of this graph, which coincides with a massive economic downturn and a collapse of tax revenue generally.
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