As part of the Inflation Reduction Act, the IRS is hiring 87,000 new employees. This would be more than double the size of the IRS. Many Republicans criticize the IRS funding because some believe agents will go after middle-class workers since the elite have an army of lawyers. Elon Musk had mocked the hiring, posting a meme on Twitter, "when the country that revolted over taxes hires 87,000 new IRS agents" with a photo of a British Officer from the movie The Patriot.