Kevin Hassett, director of the U.S. National Economic Council, told reporters at a White House press briefing Thursday that officials are looking into a large number of worker reductions at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
“I think our objective is to make sure that the employees that we pay are being productive and effective,” Hassett said. “And there are many, many, more than 100,000 people working to collect taxes, and not all of them are fully occupied.”
He responded to a question about reports that thousands of agents are on the chopping block by saying that all options are on the table, as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to streamline the federal bureaucracy….