Elon Musk has issued one of his famous polls on X to ask his followers whether the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) should receive its budget request or be defunded.
In recent years, Musk has become one of the most popular figures in the world.
His alliance with President Donald Trump has now boosted him to levels even he probably couldn’t have imagined.
A lot of that newfound popularity, especially with the base MAGA crowd and conservatives in general, is the fact that he’ll be heading up a new agency aimed at mitigating and eliminating government waste.
Trump picked Musk to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) alongside former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who is also a successful businessman.
Musk recently polled X users regarding a question about an emergency funding request from the IRS.
According to JustTheNews, the agency asked for $20 billion in funding to keep up with its operations.
The results of the poll spoke loudly.
Most people lean toward slashing the agency’s budget or eliminating it altogether.
A small amount of respondents said it should be reduced.
Very few supported the IRS budget being increased.
“Do you think its budget should be: Increased, Same, Decreased, Deleted,” Musk asked in the informal poll that reached millions of X users.
The IRS just said it wants $20B more money.
Do you think it’s budget should be:
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 27, 2024
The poll’s results were clear as fresh glass — at least 60% of respondents said they wanted the IRS budget “deleted.”
The New York Post noted:
Only 3.9% said the federal agency’s budget should remain the same, 5.6% felt it deserved more money and 29.9% said the IRS budget should be decreased.
The poll came after Treasury Department Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo made a desperate public call for more funds for the agency.
In a call, Adeyemo told reporters:
“The IRS is going to potentially have to make dramatic decisions about stopping hiring and starting to budget for a world in which they don’t have $20 billion, which will stop a lot of their progress.”
Users who responded or commented on the poll weighed in on what they believe Musk should do once he’s in charge of DOGE.
“America’s debt is $36,000,000,000,000 (trillion),” one X user wrote.
“That is a lot of F’ing zeros.
“It is equivalent to $106,000 per person living in America.
“That is what we are leaving our children.
“DELETE THE IRS!”
Another X user wrote:
“How about we go to a flat tax with no deductions and delete 99% of their budget so that filing and collecting taxes is the easiest thing of all time?
“Can’t be that hard.”
Only time will tell what Musk will ultimately recommend to President Trump.
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