Manchin foils another Democrat scheme

 Epoch Times:

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has come out against a revenue scheme proposed by his party that would have allowed the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to gather information on the inflows and outflows of American citizens’ bank accounts.

The measure initially came to light as a part of Democrats’ $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill. In an attempt to head off concerns from moderates, Democratic leaders and rank-and-file lawmakers have desperately marketed the bill as being completely paid for with no substantial effect on the deficit or national debt.

The proposal was met with immediate backlash from Republicans and the private sector.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said, “This surveillance program crosses a line,” calling the program “un-American.”

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said that Democrats “want to finance their spending spree by effectively treating every ordinary American as if they were under IRS audit.”

“I must have forgotten when the president campaigned on giving everybody their own audit,” McConnell quipped.

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The Democrats know the growth of the deficit was a problem with voters and they tried to cue it with a plan that had the IRS snooping in everyone's bank account.  It makes you wonder what their next tone-deaf scheme will be.  The Democrats may hate Manchin for resisting their big-spending spree but the party would be worse off without him.

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