{"id":1599859,"date":"2022-08-10T18:16:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T22:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1599859"},"modified":"2022-08-10T18:16:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T22:16:48","slug":"87000-new-irs-agents-will-join-union-that-gives-100-of-pac-funds-to-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/87000-new-irs-agents-will-join-union-that-gives-100-of-pac-funds-to-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"87,000 new IRS Agents Will Join Union That Gives 100% of PAC Funds to Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F87000-new-irs-agents-will-join-union-that-gives-100-of-pac-funds-to-democrats%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1599859&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democrats just doubled the size of a major Democratic war chest.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, remember those 87,000 new IRS agents that will be added to the federal payroll thanks to the Democrats\u2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/29\/build-back-better-bill-would-fund-86000-additional-irs-agents-to-sic-on-american-taxpayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inflation Reduction Act<\/a>\u00a0(a misnomer if there ever was one)? The vast majority of those agents will likely join and pay dues to the IRS\u2019 public sector union, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU).<\/p>\n<p>Per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atr.org\/irs-union-gives-100-of-pac-spending-to-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Americans for Tax Reform<\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/political-action-committees-pacs\/national-treasury-employees-union\/C00107128\/pac-to-pac\/2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">union gave 100%<\/a>\u00a0of its Political Action Committee (PAC) funding to Democrats for the 2022 cycle, including $30,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, $30,000 to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and $30,000 to the DNC Services Corporation, a group dedicated to \u201ccoordinating party organizational activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/political-action-committees-pacs\/national-treasury-employees-union\/C00107128\/candidate-recipients\/2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gave<\/a>\u00a098.79% of its federal candidate spending for the 2021-2022 cycle to Democrats, most notably House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). The NTEU specifically prioritized donating to key Democratic battleground races, such as donating $5,000 to Raphael Warnock\u2019s Georgia Senate race and $10,000 to Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s not all. In 2019, it was reported that IRS employees\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atr.org\/irs-agents-spend-tens-thousands-hours-taxpayer-funded-union-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spent 353,820 hours<\/a>\u00a0of taxpayer-funded union time (TFUT) on the job. That means during a normal workday, instead of assisting taxpayers with filing their taxes, IRS agents spent hours working for an entity that spends 100% of its PAC funding on Democrats. This is an organization where if you call them, you have a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2021\/04\/23\/irs-1040-hotline\/\">1-<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2021\/04\/23\/irs-1040-hotline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">i<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2021\/04\/23\/irs-1040-hotline\/\">n-50<\/a>\u00a0chance of reaching an actual human being. Those 353,820 hours could have been used to help taxpayers instead of strengthening a public sector union.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As Aaron Withe, CEO of Freedom Foundation,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomfoundation.com\/labor\/freedom-foundation-statement-on-87000-new-irs-agents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">put it<\/a>, taxpayer dollars are being used to \u201cdouble the size of an agency that has already\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/economy\/irs-admits-targeting-conservatives-for-tax-scrutiny-in-2012-election\/2013\/05\/10\/3b6a0ada-b987-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weaponized itself<\/a>\u00a0against those taxpayers it deems its political opponents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By doubling the size of the IRS, Democrats are doubling the number of dues the NTEU receives, dues that will be funneled to bankroll Democratic political campaigns. NTEU dues range from $16 to $23 per pay period. If all 87,000 new IRS agents were forced to unionize, the number of dues collected would amount to at least $33,351,168 per year \u2014 all ripe for the taking by Democrats. How clever.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Victoria Marshall is a staff writer at The Federalist. Her writing has been featured in the New York Post, National Review, and Townhall. She graduated from Hillsdale College in May 2021 with a major in politics and a minor in journalism. 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