Blog Credo

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Fund The IRS

 While I do think there is a potential political attack here that could bear fruit for the GOP, the idea that we need to properly fund the IRS is a good one. 

The IRS needs people to answer the phones, and many of those new agents will do that. But the real target of new investigations will be shady pass-through corporations used by private entrepreneurs to avoid income tax. 

So, there's a reason why the GOP is panicking, as many of those folks are Republican voters - though not all. Still, the point of the IRS is to insure that everyone pays their required taxes. The GOP wants to spin that they are going to zealously seek out people to throw in jail.

Every accusation is a confession. 

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