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And even with tax season nearing its height, Republicans on Capitol Hill are quietly urging Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency — or DOGE — to cut even further from the beleaguered IRS. “So I want more. We ought to open the books and say, ‘Hey, let’s be fair with this,’” Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) told Raw Story. “Oh, absolutely. Absolutely. The whole thing about businesses, you have to reevaluate all the time. So what you have today is not tomorrow.”In the last Congress, Gosar accused former President Joe Biden of hiring new IRS agents to “harass, insult, threaten and audit families and small businesses.” While Gosar is a member of the far-right Freedom Caucus, he’s barely an outlier on this issue that has united the right, literally, for the last two elections. Rather than relenting and seeking to recoup tens of billions of dollars from tax evaders, the GOP’s doubling down on its rhetoric, which critics fear will have repercussions for years to come.“I don't look at them as...