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applegrove

(118,767 posts)
Wed Mar 10, 2021, 07:13 PM Mar 2021

How Biden Could Fund His Next Bill

How Biden Could Fund His Next Bill

March 10, 2021 at 2:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 71 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/03/10/how-biden-could-fund-his-next-bill/

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Chye-Ching Huang: “After a decade of budget cuts for the agency, the cracks in the I.R.S. are costing taxpayers trillions of dollars and growing impossible to ignore. The agency is increasingly unable to detect or address blatant tax cheating by high-income filers and the largest businesses.”

“In February, I.R.S. Commissioner Charles P. Rettig told Congress that about $570 billion in taxes owed in 2019 were not paid. That tax gap is projected to total about $7.5 trillion over this decade. Meanwhile, the I.R.S. answered fewer than a quarter of its phone calls from people seeking help with their taxes.”

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How Biden Could Fund His Next Bill (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2021 OP
Simpler than that. WarGamer Mar 2021 #1
Republicans always bring up fraud, waste and abuse, but they always balk at solving it. Midnight Writer Mar 2021 #2

WarGamer

(12,463 posts)
1. Simpler than that.
Wed Mar 10, 2021, 07:15 PM
Mar 2021

5% one-time Wealth Tax for all net worth over $750K, and 1% annually.

Tax Capital Gains as regular income.

Repeal Trump tax cuts and bump up all brackets by 2-10%

Top bracket from 37% to 50% for example.

Midnight Writer

(21,791 posts)
2. Republicans always bring up fraud, waste and abuse, but they always balk at solving it.
Wed Mar 10, 2021, 07:18 PM
Mar 2021

More resources and support for IRS and its workers will pay off handsomely.

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