Majority Believe New IRS Agents Will Be Deployed to Target Low and Middle Income Americans, DC’s Political Opponents

(Austin, TX—Aug 30, 2022) Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group—one of America’s most accurate pollsters in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2021—is releasing the results of a new national survey. Results were from surveys conducted August 19th through August 23rd of over 1,000 likely 2022 election voters.

“We wanted to understand whether or not voters believe that the true purpose of hiring 87,000 new IRS agents is to focus on–as the Biden Administration has been claiming–’large corporate and high-net-worth taxpayers’ or whether something else is afoot,” said Mark Meckler, President of the Convention of States. “Democrats believe that this is the case, and that what they’ve been told by their leaders is accurate. Independents and Republicans strongly believe the country is being lied to, and that this new IRS is going to target either everyday Americans, or those who are political opponents of the federal bureaucracy. 

“We have volunteers in every state, and this matches what we are hearing from the grassroots. This latest tyranny from Washington, DC is propelling our nation more quickly toward an Article V Convention of States, which stands alone and the only way to solve the problem of an out-of-control and out-of-touch federal government that is too big, too powerful, and too involved in our everyday lives.”  

For complete details on the poll, including graphics, please visit:

https://www.thetrafalgargroup.org/news/nat-issues-irs-0824/

KEY INSIGHT: Majority of American Voters Say the 87,000 New IRS Employees Approved by President Biden’s New Legislation Will be Used to Target Middle-Class, Low-Income Earners, and Small Businesses; or to Target Political Opponents:

• 52.1 percent of voters say that the new 87,000 IRS employees, approved by President Biden’s legislation, will be used to audit middle-class Americans, low-income earners, and small businesses; or to target the political opponents of those in power:
  • 33 percent say to audit middle class Americans and small businesses
  • 15.9 percent say to target the political opponents of those in power
  • 3.2 percent say to audit cash, tip, and app paid workers

• 31.6 percent of voters say that the new 87,000 IRS employees, approved by President Biden’s legislation, will be used to audit wealthy Americans and large corporations.

• 16.4 percent are not sure.

KEY INSIGHT: Majority of Independents and Republicans Believe 87,000 New IRS Employees Will Be Used to Audit Middle-Class, Low-Income Earners, and Small Businesses or to Target Political Opponents; Plurality of Democrats Believe They Will Be Used to Audit Wealthy Americans and Corporations:

• 52 percent of Independent voters say that the new 87,000 IRS employees, approved by President Biden’s legislation, will be used to audit middle-class Americans, low-income earners, and small businesses; or to target the political opponents of those in power. 30.9 percent say they will be used to audit wealthy Americans and large corporations, 17.1 percent are not sure.

• 72.8 percent of Republican voters say that the new 87,000 IRS employees, approved by President Biden’s legislation, will be used to audit middle-class Americans, low-income earners, and small businesses; or to target the political opponents of those in power. 15.9 percent say they will be used to audit wealthy Americans and large corporations, 11.3 percent are not sure.

• 28.5 percent of Democratic voters say that the new 87,000 IRS employees, approved by President Biden’s legislation, will be used to audit middle-class Americans, low-income earners, and small businesses; or to target the political opponents of those in power. 49.8 percent say they will be used to audit wealthy Americans and large corporations, 21.6 percent are not sure.