August 19, 2022 – 7:00 am
Seriously, how dare Republicans practice the art of Politics, using something like doubling the funding of the IRS which would mean doubling the number of employees! Sure, they won’t all be “agents”, they’ll be plenty of support staff, who can go through everyone’s tax returns, looking for the tiniest mistake. Think they’re really going to […]
August 11, 2022 – 10:30 am
The plan totally doesn’t exist, you know! Trump allies are attacking Biden for a plan to hire 87,000 new IRS agents that doesn't existhttps://t.co/kulUehCEnm — TIME (@TIME) August 10, 2022 See? From the link “Do you make $75,000 or less?” tweeted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. “Democrats’ new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for […]
August 7, 2022 – 4:23 pm
Media outlets aren’t even pretending this is about inflation reduction History’s Greatest Obstacle to Climate Progress Has Finally Fallen Democrats in the Senate passed a bill that would, for the first time ever, use Congress’s power to push the U.S. to decarbonize. …. But now, on a broiling August day 34 years after Hansen spoke, […]
January 22, 2022 – 7:46 am
Sounds, cool, right? Giving the IRS a photo of yourself? But, don’t ask that a photo ID be required to cast a vote The IRS will soon make you use facial recognition to access your taxes online The Internal Revenue Service will require people who access and pay their taxes online to enroll in a […]
January 18, 2022 – 7:00 am
But, see, health care will be totally free! That’s what those advocating for it tell us California weighing proposal that could double its taxes California lawmakers unveiled a new bill at the beginning of the year that would establish a single-payer health care system – an ambitious plan that would be funded by nearly doubling […]
January 15, 2022 – 3:00 pm
Every time there’s a Republican president and GOP controlled congress, as well as GOP control of a general assembly and governor’s mansion, the media trots out stories, originating from Democratic party press releases and talking points memos, about how any and every tax cut is “for the rich”. Elected Democrats will demagogue about this. But, […]
November 16, 2021 – 10:30 am
There’s going to be a lot of young Democratic party and Brandon voters who do a lot with crypto and will be very surprised Biden’s infrastructure bill hands crypto industry to US Treasury US President Joe Biden has signed a landmark $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law which includes tax reporting provisions that apply to […]
November 10, 2021 – 10:30 am
Obviously, it’s more than young folks who use lots of these payment apps, but, they compromise the biggest chunk. Of 10.2 million users (2017 numbers, can’t find anything newer), 7.4 million are under 34. A lot of these younger folks are about to get a big lesson in government intrusion If you use Venmo, PayPal […]
October 29, 2021 – 6:54 am
Remember a little over a week ago when Biden was backing down on the $600 threshold, push for $10,000? Not that it would really make any difference for most citizens, but, the $600 figure is in the Democrats House reconciliation bill House Build Back Better Bill Includes $600 IRS Reporting Provision The U.S. House of […]
August 16, 2021 – 7:12 am
Tom Nelson likes to tweet a lot that “we can solve this with a tax.” The best type of sarcasm is that which is completely true Elon Musk’s tiny home won’t help save the world. Paying more taxes would Elon Musk has an enormous rocket and a tiny house. Last year the multibillionaire (who is the second-richest […]