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Critics slammed the bill, which would strip $14.3 billion in funds from the IRS.

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[–] anewbeginning 23 points 1 year ago

Maybe bills should be mandated to be about a single issue.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Once again this is the part where Republicans stop talking about the national debt.

[–] thisisawayoflife 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah that's gonna be a no from me dawg. Fix that damned SALT cap too.

[–] lettruthout 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Anyone here surprised at this?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What would surprise me would be if R ever brought a bill that didn't include something like this.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Would be so pleasing if after all these tax shenanigans we decide to tax them based on wealth instead of income, negating the decades of fucking over our tax law.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

not one dem should vote for that shit

[–] TheDoozer 2 points 1 year ago

I would like to vote no on both.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Someone posted earlier that $14B was actually $2B more than what it costs to run the IRS yearly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I assume it is spread over several years so that the IRS can still exist as an ineffective boogeyman for GOP voters.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Surely they would cut military spending instead since one of the biggest boogeyman (Russia) is proving to be a paper tiger... right? right?