Billionaire Elon Musk asked social media users Wednesday if the Internal Revenue Service should be “deleted” — a day after a top Biden-Harris administration official urged Congress to give the federal agency $20 billion.
“The IRS just said it wants $20B more money,” Musk, who will co-lead informal Department of Government Efficiency under President-elect Donald Trump, wrote on X.
The world’s richest person then asked users for their thoughts on the tax authority’s budget situation.
“Do you think its budget should be: Increased, Same, Decreased, Deleted,” Musk asked in a poll.
More than 60% of X users preferred having the IRS’s budget “deleted.”