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Why a former IRS commissioner says Musk's mass layoffs are a 'huge mistake'

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The IRS is in the process of terminating more than 6,000 employees, around six percent of the agency’s workforce.

Former IRS leaders who served under both Democratic and Republican presidents have called the mass layoffs a mistake.

Laura Barrón-López is the White House Correspondent for the PBS News Hour.

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72

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71

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85

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formal

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English

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48

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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