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It’s no secret that the Democrats are the party of higher taxes and bigger government. Congressional Democrats voted in 2022 to add 87,000 more employees to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to expand its power over American taxpayers.
One Democrat is decrying the Trump administration’s efforts to loosen the IRS’s grip on taxpayers. Abigail Spanberger, the Democrat running against Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears for governor of Virginia, took to X on April 15 to wish everyone a “Happy Tax Day!”
To quote my friend and colleague Sarah Anderson, “Let me just start by saying that there is nothing, and I repeat nothing, happy about ‘Tax Day.’“ If you’re wishing me “Happy Tax Day,” you’d better be joking or sarcastic.
But that’s what Spanberger did with complete sincerity:
Happy Tax Day.
Just a reminder that while Virginians are filing their taxes, the Trump Administration is cutting IRS staff and making it harder for people across the Commonwealth to get the help they need.https://t.co/mO2RBcBlB0— Abigail Spanberger (@SpanbergerForVA) April 15, 2025
Spanberger linked to an Associated Press article about layoffs at the IRS. The AP report gives more details about the layoffs that Spanberger is complaining about:
The IRS plans to cut as many as 20,000 staffers — up to 25% of the workforce — as part of layoffs that began Friday, two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.
