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2022-08-10 19:35:45 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: E4CAA3CFACC06310D4EB97261C06BAAA11F23BD222B56AA041D3FD29238AB853
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The IRS employs 78,861 people. The bill Sen. Blackburn references will increase that by 11,838 next year to a total of 90,499 https://www.irs.gov/statistics/irs-budget-and-workforce https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/The-American-Families-Plan-Tax-Compliance-Agenda.pdf That's far fewer than just the State Dept (77k), FBI (35k) and Border Patrol (19k) combined. https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/HR_Factsheet0319.pdf https://www.fbi.gov/about/faqs/how-many-people-work-for-the-fbi https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2021-Aug/U.S.%20Border%20Patrol%20Fiscal%20Year%20Staffing%20Statistics%20%28FY%201992%20-%20FY%202020%29%20%28508%29.pdf Its only 11% of the Pentagon's workforce (814k) https://sgp.fas.org/crs/natsec/IF11510.pdf
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