The IRS’ Newest Job Openings Are Highly Troubling—What Are They Prepping For?

According to a new job posting from the IRS, the federal agency is seeking ‘Special Agents’.

The listing outlined these duties and criteria, as per the job description:

• Adhere to the highest standards of conduct, especially in maintaining honesty and integrity.
• Work a minimum of 50 hours per week, which may include irregular hours, and be on-call 24/7, including holidays and weekends.
• Maintain a level of fitness necessary to effectively respond to life-threatening situations on the job.
  Be willing and able to participate in arrests, execution of search warrants, and other dangerous assignments.
• Carry a firearm; must be prepared to protect him/herself or others from physical attacks at any time and without warning and use firearms in life-threatening situations; must be willing to use force up to and including the use of deadly force.

‘Special Agents’ are required to be “legally allowed to carry a firearm”, and, this is seemingly, a central part of the role of of these new agents.

The only question now is, who is the IRS planning to use these guns on and what are they preparing for?

Here’s what we know:

JUST IN: The IRS is hiring special agents prepared to use 'deadly force' if needed and is paying up to $95,000.

In 2022, the Biden Admin said this was “misinformation.” pic.twitter.com/pWaAqqwtvq

— shaneyyricch (@shaneyyricch) May 1, 2023

The IRS is hiring armed special agents prepared to use “deadly force” if needed and is paying up to $95,000.

These agents must work at least 50 hours weekly and be on-call 24/7 – even during vacations pic.twitter.com/Q49nvrSA2n

— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) April 30, 2023

Fox Business explains:

Additionally, IRS-CI special agents must be “willing and able to participate in arrests, execution of search warrants, and other dangerous assignments.”

The posting adds that special agents need to maintain “a level of fitness necessary to effectively respond to life-threatening situations on the job.”

The reaction from conservative and liberty-minded individuals was overwhelmingly negative, with many notable personalities arguing that this is an affront to the middle class:

IRS Plans Expansion In All 50 States With Armed Agents – ‘They’re Not Gunning For Billionaires’https://t.co/JCWnq73ArU

— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) April 28, 2023

They are hiring armed IRS agents in all fifty states only because they want to kill you.

— Lavern Spicer 🇺🇸 (@lavern_spicer) April 28, 2023

Good morning Cincinnati ☕️ and Everyone who isn’t one of the 87K newly Armed IRS Agents going after those that make less than $400k/year!
The IRS is now larger than the FBI, Border Patrol, State Department, and the Pentagon combined🥴 pic.twitter.com/3Y68AgEgkh

— Beard Vet (@Beard_Vet) April 29, 2023

Business Insider had more details on the listing:

The roles will pay between $52,921 and $94,228 annually, according to the USAJobs listing.

ADVERTISEMENT

Applicants must be US citizens, aged between 21 and 37.

The IRS didn’t respond to a request for comment from Insider.