Because she's a Democrat: Virgina gubernatorial candidate wishes voters a "Happy Tax Day", bemoans Trump's cutting some of the 87,000 new IRS emplyees she voted to hire (Updated)

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Chris Queen, PJMedia: “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.

The job cuts will begin with the IRS Office of Civil Rights and Compliance, which would be reduced by 75% through layoffs, and its remaining workers would be absorbed into the agency’s Office of Chief Counsel, according to those two people as well as a third person familiar with the matter.

For the record, the Office of Civil Rights and Compliance is the new coat of paint that the IRS put on its Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. But there’s more to the layoffs than that one office.

A Treasury spokesperson who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preview Treasury plans said Friday that any staffing reductions are part of larger process improvements and tech innovations that will allow the IRS to operate more effectively.

Rolling back Biden-era hiring and consolidating support functions are intended to more efficiently serve the public, the spokesperson said in a statement.

Mind you, in Virginia, the loss of 20,000 bureaucratic jobs is considered a direct assault on that state’s voters, who are all employed by the government or lobbying firms, so Spanberger is actually just appealing to her base; she’s probably wise to do so.

UPDATE: They’re being paid through September, so they’ll be free to spend their summer pulling wings off flies and tormenting puppies, or whatever else they do in the spare time:

Almost 20,000 IRS employees taking second Trump buyout offer