Cutting the I.R.S. Budget

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/opinion/cutting-the-irs-budget.html

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To the Editor:

Re “I.R.S., Already Depleted, Is Facing Deep Cuts Under Trump” (news article, March 3):

President Trump has proposed cutting the budgets of certain departments and using those savings to fund additional military and infrastructure spending. He also proposes reducing the budget of the Internal Revenue Service.

Whether one hates the I.R.S. or merely tolerates it, we can at least agree that strong I.R.S. enforcement of tax laws yields the Treasury badly needed income to fund the government’s spending. Cutting the budget of the I.R.S. only encourages rampant tax code violations, fraud and underreporting of income, and puts our country on less secure financial footing.

PAUL L. NEWMANMERION STATION, PA.