Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH), who serves as the lead GOP negotiation for the bipartisan infrastructure proposal, on Sunday said that lawmakers have ditched increased IRS enforcement as a way to fund the nearly $1 trillion package.
Republicans are opposed to requiring people & businesses to pay the taxes they owe. But we knew that
So Republicans donât want the IRS to enforce the law against tax cheats? Who could have guessed? In other news, it turns out that water is still wet.
Just the rich ones.
⌠the Democrats were going to put a proposal into the reconciliation package, which was not just similar to the one we had, but with a lot more IRS enforcement,â Portman said.
Making sure people and corporations pay isnât really gone. Itâll be there in the reconciliation bill.
Which leaves the bipartisan negotiators with a real problem: where are they gonna find the fluffy pay fors theyâre using to avoid raising taxes?
I donât think they exist; so, come Wednesday, the desirable parts of this bills are gonna get rolled into the reconciliation package and passed that way.
Not that there was ever reliable reactionary support for a bill that wouldnât still be under negotiation in January.
The pro-criminal GOP strikes again!
Enforce existing law, no way!
How about instead of giving the IRS more enforcement powers we fund the agency to do a competent level of enforcement? What about up grading systems and add personnel so that they can do the job.
Also Iâve heard mumblings about how slow the IRS is in doing this and that, and itâs almost like the complainers didnât experience the same global pandemic as the rest of us.
This is a âgive me something to take home to the rubesâ act. It doesnât matter and will be funded either now or later but will be funded. Gives the GQP something to point at to show they are standing up to the Dems but doesnât really change anything.
Step 1: Announce that you can only support a bill that pays for itself.
Step 2: Strike the portions of the bill that would raise money to pay for things.
Step 3: Strike everything else you donât like on the grounds that itâs not paid for.
Step 4: Fund raise from wealthy donors.
IRS Provision Off The Table In Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan After Wealthy TAX CHEATER Outcry
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I swear modern Republicans would block a donated bake sale if they thought someone without a 7 figure income might benefit from it.
First they came for the lemonade standsâŚ
I thought that was what was being proposed.
The plan would provide substantial additional resourcesâabout $80 billion over the next decadeâto rebuild the IRSâ ability to enforce the tax laws; upgrade its computer systems; and provide better taxpayer service. Bidenâs Tax Enforcement Overhaul Would Be A Positive Step Toward Racial Equity - Center for American Progress
There are particulars â involving skin color, country of origin and native tongue â which make this more essential with some laws than others for reactionaries.
Providing money for the federal government to do its work isnât among those particulars.
I tried to watch the clip but had to stop because Portmanâs mic was picking up all his mouthy saliva noises. Too much yuck
damn it
âLetâs not enforce the law.â - thatâll really win over suburban voters
I donât really get the bipartisan proposal. Is it just a showpiece of some sort?
To pretend republicans would/could pass something?
Why not put everything into the reconciliation bill?
By defunding the IRS, it can longer dismantle the complex schemes of the rich, forcing it to nickel-and-dime everyone else. Why do Republicans favor this?
âŚis the obvious rhetorical question we all should be âjust askingâ
Sunday said that lawmakers have ditched increased IRS enforcement as a way to fund the nearly $1 trillion package.
During an interview on CNN, Portman indicated that the decision to nix the IRS enforcement proposal came after âpushbackâ from fellow Republicans.
Why bother, it isnât as if the Republicans are going to vote for it in the first place?