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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Nov 30, 2021, 02:03 PM Nov 2021

House Republican comes out and says it: Forcing tax cheats to pay up would 'cost' them billions [View all]

Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace, inflicted on us by the state of South Carolina, has been running a bold new online ad condemning Democratic plans to boost funding for the Internal Revenue Service. Why, you might ask?

"Biden's policy will double the size of the IRS at the cost of billions of dollars in unpaid taxes. We should stabilize our nation's economy first."




While @z3dster has done us the solid of parsing out what the hell Mace's word shrapnel was meant to actually mean, it's still worth stewing on that odd language. "At the cost of billions of dollars in unpaid taxes?" At the ... cost? But going after tax cheats is widely recognized as being a net federal win, because just a little money allocated to investigating the most prolific tax-dodgers results in much larger revenues when the dodged taxes actually get paid, so—ooh. Ooooooh.

Right.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/11/29/2066671/-Rep-Nancy-Mace-opposes-IRS-reform-because-it-would-cost-tax-cheats-billions-of-dollars
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They're lucky the IRS isn't throwing no_hypocrisy Nov 2021 #1
Just another CONjobber. calimary Nov 2021 #2
That's her story for fox propaganda channel Leith Nov 2021 #3
Tax cheats like retired grandmothers selling candles at the Farmer's Market? WarGamer Nov 2021 #11
Fair enough TxGuitar Nov 2021 #13
It's right there in the BBB Bill... new reporting for nearly EVERY bank account in the USA. WarGamer Nov 2021 #14
So Republicans are accomplices to a tax evasion scheme? Baitball Blogger Nov 2021 #4
All the rich people need to call the tax service that advertises on all the conservative media. Midnight Writer Nov 2021 #5
If we don't very publicly combat this crap Bayard Nov 2021 #6
Sounds like she might be a tax cheat IronLionZion Nov 2021 #7
I just wish the IRS would start from the top and work down to get the 1% first. nt mitch96 Nov 2021 #8
I call it millions for billions. Historic NY Nov 2021 #9
It's BAD politics. WarGamer Nov 2021 #10
No, the IRS goes after lower income taxpayers NOW, because they don't have the funds or personnel 70sEraVet Nov 2021 #15
Good article but doesn't change what I said. WarGamer Nov 2021 #16
The article takes care to address the concerns of people like yourself; 70sEraVet Nov 2021 #17
That's a clarification of a VERY poor policy proposal. WarGamer Nov 2021 #18
I can hear those wealthy Republican donors now, calling their Representatives 70sEraVet Nov 2021 #12
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