IRA funding can be depleted by inefficient decisions OR political backlash
Facundo 23, writing fellow at The American Prospect (Jarod, “Reanimating the Taxman,” American Prospect, https://prospect.org/economy/2023-01-26-reanimating-taxman-internal-revenue-service/)//BB
The opportunity now exists to make those words Reagan used as a scare tactic actually mean something positive. Charles O. Rossotti, the former IRS commissioner from 1997 to 2002, in a late-December article for a tax publication called the $80 billion “a once-in-a-century opportunity to restore a depleted IRS.” The money could make customer service functional and taxes less of a chore for the vast majority of Americans, while significantly increasing public revenue simply by collecting what’s due, and restoring a small measure of faith that nobody is above the law, no matter how rich. However, Rossotti added that the moment still presented “serious risks for the Biden administration and the U.S. tax system,” potentially leaving the IRS in a worse position ten years from now. Without a permanent commissioner who can steer the agency and ample support from the White House, this once-in-a-generation moment could fall victim to political pressure and administrative inefficiencies.