STILL NOT TIRED OF ALL THE WINNING: Under Trump, an Already Depleted I.R.S. Could Face Deep Cuts.

Another round of cuts, tax experts say, could put one of the few federal departments that pay for themselves on life support.

“This is an agency that has had every last drop squeezed out of it,” said Dennis J. Ventry Jr., a member of the I.R.S. advisory council and a law professor at the University of California, Davis. “I don’t know how it’s going to sustain itself.”

The White House budget office has proposed a 14.1 percent cut to the I.R.S. for the fiscal year that begins in October, reducing the agency’s budget to $9.65 billion; six years ago, it stood at $12.1 billion ($13.6 billion when adjusted for inflation).

If approved, the cuts would happen when the number of audits is down and customer service complaints are up as a result of the drop in funding.

If we can’t fire or impeach wrongdoers at I.R.S., the least we can do is starve them out of harassing conservative groups.