By Jim Hoft
Earlier this year, the House of Representatives voted 221-210 to repeal funding for 87,000 IRS agents.
“Promises made,” Speaker McCarthy said as he dropped the gavel.
The House just approved its first bill: "repealing IRS funding."
Speaker Kevin McCarthy said after banging the gavel "Promises Made." pic.twitter.com/BBrjuSamzd
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The so-called ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ gave $79.6 billion to the IRS over the next 10 years.
The Wall Street Journal said the new army of IRS agents will target the middle and upper-middle class.
According to the analysis, the IRS audits the poor at 5 times the rate of everyone else.
The IRS also has a history of targeting conservative groups.
Three hearings have been held in recent months, two with Commissioner Werfel and one with Secretary Yellen, during which Republicans have criticized the funding for the IRS provided by the Inflation Reduction Act.
Last week, Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) expressed her concerns and provided updates on the 87,000 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents, highlighting the Republican Party’s ongoing efforts to stop it from happening.
“Republicans are still trying to get rid of those 87,000 IRS agents who are going to audit everyone into oblivion,” Boebert said.
“Believe me when I tell you, no one that has money is going to have a problem with an audit. They have tax attorneys and accountants whose only job is to make sure they pay as little as possible using legal means.”
“The people that will suffer are those who are middle class, who make just enough to file but not enough to have some rich attorney comb through their returns,” Boebert said. “That’s who Biden wants to screw over to make sure Zelenskyy can get more and more money!”
This claim implies that middle-class Americans would face disproportionate challenges during IRS audits due to their limited financial means and lack of access to high-profile legal representation.
On Saturday, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced an “agreement in principle” with Joe Biden on a deal to raise the federal debt ceiling.
McCarthy posted to Twitter, “I just got off the phone with the president a bit ago. After he wasted time and refused to negotiate for months, we’ve come to an agreement in principle that is worthy of the American people.”
A vote in the House is expected Thursday, according to Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA).
Now, the deal includes keeping a portion of the $80 billion increase in IRS funding and the 87,000 additional agents tasked with going after middle-class families.
Only $1.9 billion of the $80 billion to fund 87,000 IRS agents were removed from the budget.
The Democ-Crooks and the Internal Robbery Service could be far worst then the Gestapo Now you know what it was like Under Hitler, Stalin Mao and Castro
McCarthy didn’t “cave,” to dems.
Both the dems and the GOPe (including McCarthy) are UNIPARTY.
Both are globalists.
Their game of “opposing” one another is mere Kabuki Theater.
Just a show for the media to pass on to gullible viewers.
Nan
What conservatives have said for decades.
Because for decades it has been true!
And a photo of our representatives on the 3 day weekend
Keep going til the boat floats off the trailer you dumb bastids.
It’s only bad news for America’s tax cheats.
Greg
Your head is so far up your a– your eyes are brown.
Those “cheats” are middle class American workers!
But since the economy is finite growing govt – WHICH THIS DOES IN SPADES!- crowds out workers’s pay.
If you’re > 70, as I, you recall the debates about the giant deficits of early 60’s. Have not heard about govt ‘crowding out workers’s pay in 60 years. Does not mean I did not happen means UNIPARTY controls the Press (nowadays we say MSM).
For non Bridge players Spades are the top suit. Only No Trump is higher.
Middle class American workers generally have little inclination and few opportunities to cheat on their taxes.
The $1 Trillion lost to tax cheats each year happens at higher income levels. Middle class American taxpayers are the people the cheaters are robbing.
If they really gave a damn about fiscal responsibility, they wouldn’t be trying to cripple IRS tax enforcement to protect their super-wealthy masters.
“Freedom Caucus” republicans are hysterical over the prospect that they may not get to crash the American economy.
You are a complete moron, meathead
How you you know this is a capitulation to liberals?
The man who “Sweated blood” to get M. Garland confirmed as A.G. I refer to Ronny hater Mitch.
If far left Mitch says it’s good; it’s very bad! Garland is proof positive Mitch is a liar!
GOP Rep. Chip Roy on McCarthy Debt Ceiling Deal: ‘Not One Republican Should Vote for This Deal!’
McCarthy got rolled by the uniparty. There was WH coordination and the bill that was agreed to in principle by McCarthy was written over one week ago.
If it goes through there will be a call to vacate the chair. McCarthy has become what we feared all along, a turncoat.
How much confidence are we supposed to have in someone who got rolled by an 80 year old dementia patient with a 38% approval rating? PT endorsed him for Speaker as well. More proof he hasn’t fixed his problem with promoting the wrong people. He needs to fix that flaw.
05/30/23 – Greene leaning toward yes on ‘s— sandwich’ debt bill — but she also wants impeachment
The GOP needs to take out its own trash.