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(52,834 posts) Wed Dec 4, 2024, 07:11 PM Dec 4

Trump Picks Former Representative Billy Long to Lead I.R.S.

Source: NYT

President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Wednesday that he would nominate Billy Long, formerly a Republican congressman representing Missouri, to lead the Internal Revenue Service, effectively pledging to fire the tax collector’s current leader, a Biden appointee.

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In 2022, President Biden chose Daniel Werfel, a former management consultant and civil servant who had worked in both Democratic and Republican administrations, to lead the overhaul of the I.R.S. His term was set to last until 2027.

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Mr. Long, a former auctioneer, did not serve on the House tax-writing committee during his time in Congress. But he did put his auctioneering skills to use while in Washington.

During his first term, Mr. Trump called Mr. Long onto stage to jokingly auction off the Stanley Cup as the St. Louis Blues, a hockey team, visited the White House.

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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/us/politics/billy-long-irs-trump.html

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Trump Picks Former Representative Billy Long to Lead I.R.S. (Original Post) highplainsdem Dec 4 OP

I remember him rpannier Dec 4 #1

LOL SunSeeker Dec 4 #2

It's like nominating Boss Hogg for the IRS. SunSeeker Dec 4 #3

rpannier

(24,598 posts)

1. I remember him

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Wed Dec 4, 2024, 07:34 PM

Dec 4

He humiliated Laura Loomer at a House hearing
She started yelling, and he went into an auctioneers call that distracted from her

SunSeeker

(54,063 posts)

2. LOL

Reply to rpannier (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 4, 2024, 11:45 PM

Dec 4

SunSeeker

(54,063 posts)

3. It's like nominating Boss Hogg for the IRS.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Wed Dec 4, 2024, 11:52 PM

Dec 4

From the NYT article:

Mr. Long, after losing a Senate primary in 2022, has hawked a pandemic-era tax credit that has been riddled by fraud and cost the government billions more than expected. Lawmakers have tried to shut down the tax credit, and the I.R.S. temporarily stopped processing claims, among other measures, to root out false applications for the tax break.

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