IRS to Begin Summary Executions of People Accused of Not Paying Enough Taxes

So, yeah.

If you don’t pay enough taxes, the IRS is just going to shoot you.

RT:

The US tax authority has sparked an uproar after posting a job offer warning that new agents must be prepared to wield “deadly force” against suspects, amid heightened concerns about heavy-handed tactics by the IRS as it seeks to hire thousands of new enforcers.

An IRS job form seeking ‘Criminal Investigation Special Agents’ was briefly taken offline and edited on Wednesday after its language stoked outrage on social media, according to Fox News and other outlets. Though a previous version of the page (archived August 10) noted that “major duties” of the job would include carrying a firearm and being “willing to use deadly force, if necessary,” the listing visible on Thursday evening no longer contains that requirement.

Journalist Ford Fischer was among the first to note the mention of ‘deadly force’ in a series of tweets on Wednesday. Less than 24 hours later the agency had taken down the notice, removed the offending bullet-point and reuploaded it.

Here’s the thing: lying about your taxes was already a crime. That means the IRS could already turn people over to be charged with a crime, after which federal law enforcement could then come with guns to arrest them.

So when would an IRS agent ever need to use deadly force?

If they are visiting someone’s home as part of an audit, they can request an escort from local law enforcement, or they can bring FBI agents. The only reason IRS agents would need to kill people is if they are just executing them for not paying enough taxes.

This is like some kind of Judge Dredd thing – “you are guilty of failing to report a $600 transaction on CashApp – sentence: death.”