Republicans: Defund the IRS
House Republicans reveal their top legislative priority: protecting wealthy tax cheats by gutting funding for IRS enforcement.
Apparently House Republicans are blind to irony. In the same week that Trump and his family are testifying in court for committing financial fraud, House Republicans announce a plan to protect the wealthiest tax cheats by cutting $14 billion in funding for IRS enforcement, in order to pay for aid to Israel. Defunding the IRS will add billions to the federal budget by allowing unscrupulous corporations and wealthy individuals to defraud the American people by not paying their fair share of taxes.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a news conference on the House steps of the the U.S. Capitol after winning the speakership on Wednesday, October 25, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA)
The House GOP’s Proposal: Israel Aid by Defunding the IRS, Mother Jones | 10/31/2023
By Julianne McShane
Because billionaires shouldn’t have to pay too much in taxes, right?
Video: Speaker Johnson weaponizes Israel emergency funding, MSNBC | 10/31/2023
New House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing backlash after proposing a bill that would give $14 billion in Israel aid while slashing IRS funding.
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