The so called “freedom caucus” trying to screw the nation again?
Note: in a desire not to mention trump anymore than necessary, from hence for, he is referred to as TFG (the former guy)
The income tax does a good job. The only problem now seems to be the republicans and their urgent desire to save taxes for the super-rich who have huge numbers of loopholes, plus as recently determined the inability to audit all the probable tax cheats like TFG. That this man was not audited was a huge miscarriage of Justice as he continued in his lies about his adherent to “good business man” ethics.
The new appropriative to hire more people would end that colossal inability to property audit the billionaires and multi-millionaires who habitually use lawyers and questionable “deductions” to get out of paying the taxes that they owe. A graturated tax is the only way to make those who have a lot pay their fair share. Either, entirely too often, the Government, especially under republican leadership has given those very people huge discounts. That was really what happened in 2017 with the so-called tax reform that caused the increase in the deficit, while giving the middle class a reasonable discount, but the rich a HUGE unneeded discount.
All this was built on the idea that the rich would, out of the generousity of their hearts, treat their employees a bit better and give them a raise. Only, as usually happens, when the rich get their own, they used that money to buy back stock and keep the money within their group and “trickle down” lie was revealed again.
Now, the anti-average citizens in the MAGA cult in the Republican party have come up with a new way to show their lack of concern for ordinary Americans while pretending they are doing us a favor. First they moved to rescind the additional money to allow the IRS to do its job which includes customer service and auditing those that it has reason to suspect might be cheating on their returns like the aforementioned TFG.
The good news is that crazy attempt to saddle the power of the IRS to do its job is not likely to pass the Senate and on the off-chance that it does (not likely since 51 of the Senators are Democrats-thank goodness), and even if it does, Biden has already assured us he will veto it. Even the House under the dictates of the misnamed “freedom caucus” are not going to get the two thirds or whatever is required to overturn a veto, and the Senate is even less likely to vote to overturn the veto. So, it appears clear to me that that money is going to go to the IRS so they can do their job and do it correctly..in my case that means I might not have to wait for 4–5 months for my refund check.
Then there is the Fair Tax Act, which is pretty clearly going to again end up hurting the poor and middle class more than the rich…many of whom will manage to find ways of bypassing this tax just like they do the income tax. I can see it now, people like TFG doing all his purchases in other countries and then sneaking them to the United States with some of some sleazy justification or other. Beside which, the constitution, with the 16th Amendment spells out that an income tax WILL be administered by the Federal government. While there is item in the Fair Tax Bill that seems to indicate that the Fair Tax policy will be invalid if the 16th Amendment is not repealed within five years, I still think this is a horrible idea.
However they try to explain it, as the guy that proposed it did, when they say that the charge will only be 23 percent, they are trying to mislead us. The statement on HIS webpage in defense of this thing says “if an item is 77.00 and you have to pay 100.00 for that item, that is 23 percent”. NO, it is not. Twenty Three percent would be if the item was 100 dollars an you had to pay 123.00. Obviously, it is going add more to 100 dollars if it is adding 23.00 to a 77.00 item.
The Republicans claim they care about everyday Americans. Yet, history shows that they don’t. In addition, in states where there is already a 10–11 percent sales taxes, will be paying Federal sales tax on top of or in addition to, the tax states?? I am not sure they have spelled that out, but it is a question that needs answering before the piece of legislation is passed, not after. Talk about inflation, I am strongly of the opinion that this piece of what I am tempted to call an attempt to destroy the entire society that we have lived by for many many year will add to inflation and hurt those that need help instead of evening out the pain.e
Oh, and a point of interest is that the first people advance this type taxation was a religious cult that, at the time, was not recognized as a religion. They were required, until 1993, to pay income tax. That group was the Church of Scientology. We all have a pretty good idea that they have raked in the money, so had reason to not want to have to pay income tax. Incediently I do agree that as wild as I might consider them, I think they should get the tax examption as long as all other religious organizations are.
Finally, this is also likely just an attempt by the MAGA cult to try and convince ordinary citizens that they somehow have our back. This plan is ALSO not widely approved. Certainly it won’t get through the Senate or be signed off on by President Biden who is concerned about making the inform tax fairer rather than upturning the entire society and the structure that has enabled us to exist for oh these many years. But in addition, there is resistance on the Right to this piece of business, including from the Wall Street Journal and many other republicans.
Fortunately, I think this is just political theater and the “Freedom Caucus” will continue to try to destroy everything they can…and their attempts will be rejected by sane and logical people.
— this is the guy that proposed this bill….note the very first thing on his list of “justifications” and “clarificationse” is way beyond “misleading” and possibly just simply a lie. That plus the point that there is no agency to supervise the whole thing makes me very very concerned to say the least. I see nothing but hurt for the average citizen and general stupidity in the whole thing, plus until the amendment is changed….this is an obviously “unconstitutional’ act, and all this time we have been told that the GOP cares about that document.
