GOP focuses criticism on Dem plan to increase IRS audits

Washington Examiner: 

New funding for the Internal Revenue Service authorized by President Joe Biden has emerged as the biggest target for Republicans in attacking Democrats' recently passed health and climate legislation.

While the GOP has vociferously rejected portions of the Inflation Reduction Act that involve changes to corporate taxation, the provision that is getting the most attention is a plan to increase funding for the IRS to the tune of $80 billion over the next decade. More than half of that spending is earmarked for enforcement.

Democrats envision the funding, which is estimated to add more than 80,000 new positions across the IRS, as a wise move because of understaffing at the agency. The Congressional Budget Office projects the funding would net more than $200 billion in gross revenue by cracking down on tax cheats through audits.

But Republicans, keenly aware of public mistrust of tax collectors, have used the notion of thousands of new auditors as a cudgel against the now-approved funding.

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I think this is a fair criticism.  It highlights Democrats' embrace of a greedy government sucking up other peoples money.  They are doing this because they want to increase government spending on things they think will buy votes for Democrats.

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