Ever asked yourself, I wonder which federal agencies get sworn at the most?
Maybe not, but I bet you’ll find the answer interesting!
Philip Bump did a little research on Regulations.gov about how often two swear words (“one of which starts with F and one of which starts with an S”) appeared in public comments on federally proposed regulations. He charted the number of occurrences to discover which agencies provoke the most bile.
Since Obama’s second inauguration, who’s the winner?
You guessed it – the IRS.
IRS regulations received more than double the number of comments with profanity than any other agency.
But I bet you won’t be able to guess the runner-up. Turns out lots of people were angry with the Fish and Wildlife Service for threatening to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list. One person even submitted the same comment over 30 times.
And third was the EPA, which might have scored higher if all the comments submitted in bulk were counted individually.
Bump says “the best, most comprehensive comment that came up in our search… was to the IRS, of course, and neatly wraps up the entire exercise.” How do people really feel about government agencies?
That seems to be a consensus.