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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHouse GOP: Let’s Audit Rape Victims for Tax Fraud
I cant imagine why the Republican party has a problem with women, can you?According to ThinkProgress, the No Taxpayer Funding For Abortion Act, which Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte claims is a secret job creator, would force the IRS to audit women who claim deductions for abortion.
HR 7 eliminates medical-expense deductions for abortion care, essentially raising taxes on the women who opt to have an abortion. Like many abortion restrictions, this provision includes an exemption for victims of rape and incest, as well as women who encounter life-threatening complications from their pregnancies. But in order to enforce those exceptions, the IRS would have to verify that the women who are claiming a medical-expense deduction for an abortion fall into one of those three categories, to ensure theyre not committing tax fraud.
As youre almost certainly aware, the vast majority of sexual assaults go unreported and, even among those that are reported, very few result in convictions or even prosecution. Verifying that someone was raped could be left up to personal interpretation.
Perhaps this is what Bob Goodlatte meant when he said this legislation will actually create jobs. Well have to hire additional IRS agents for the rape audits.
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House GOP: Let’s Audit Rape Victims for Tax Fraud (Original Post)
sheshe2
Jan 2014
OP
Squinch
(50,949 posts)1. These people are vile. They are just disgusting.
IggleDoer
(1,186 posts)2. How 'bout auditing Viagra users ...
... Make 'em prove that they only use Viagra with their lawfully wedded spouse.
Shandris
(3,447 posts)3. Wha... Who.... The... Bu...
Where did these human-appearing aliens come from and why haven't we kicked them off our planet yet?
You know it's been a disgusting news day when the possibility of 'reptilians' explains more than trying to fathom the depths of the evil that is a Republican congressman.