Mad dog Taylor Greene Shares House Republicans' First Priority

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, shared Kevin McCarthy's first legislative priority after a rocky start to his House speakership.

McCarthy, who secured enough votes to become speaker of the House after 15 rounds of voting early Saturday morning, announced what the first introduced bill would be in the GOP-controlled Congress shortly after his victory. Republicans will soon vote on a bill that would repeal the funding of 87,000 Internal Revenue Services (IRS) agents. Funding for the agency was included in the Inflation Reduction Act, which was passed last August.

"When we come back, our very first bill will repeal the funding for 87,000 IRS agents," McCarthy said, receiving a thunderous applause from his conference. "We believe government should be to help you, not go after you."

Greene, seen as one of the leading "MAGA Republicans" in the House, touted his pledge as only the first of many conservative policies that would be passed by House Republicans.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-shares-house-republicans-first-priority/ar-AA16503m

To which the Senate will say "Go fuck yourself."

[Mz Pip]

1. It might take them awhile

but they’ll learn. They are only 1/2 of the legislative branch of the government.

[Walleye]

2. Sounds like Marge cheats on her taxes, big time

[CentralMass]

12. She probably trys to write off all of thise sex toys at Target as a business expenses.

[Walleye]

16. Oh yeah, let's see, a gross of butt plugs

[True Blue American]

52. People keep telling me

They sell those things in Walmart but I can not find them. I hesitate to ask one of the clerks which aisle they are in. They always answer my questions but I am afraid they would shun me after asking that qipuestion.

[tinrobot]

3. "We believe government should help tax cheats, not go after them"

There. Fixed it for her.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

24. You sad the sane part out loud. Parallel universe, simplest explanation, occupying the same space.

[iluvtennis]

47. Thanks for that correction. :-) n/t

[nature-lover]

4. My daughter still hasn't received her 2021 tax refund. They don't answer the phone at IRS.

[LakeArenal]

36. Neither do the Social Security office, the DMV or the Medicare Offices.

Possibly because they are all understaffed.

[Firestorm49]

5. What a dipshit. The IRS may not be my favorite agency, but being in favor of letting

the thieves run rampant by the GOP is simply an affront to all of us who do pay our FAIR SHARE and not a penny more.

Typical Republican maneuver. Protect the crooks. Screw those who’s votes they count on to be elected. When, oh good Lord above, will common Joe Republicans come to realize that the GOP has no real interest in them whatsoever.

[Samrob]

50. Every time the IRS "came after me" or challenged my tax return, they were right. Once I overpaid

and the IRS found my error. The IRS employees are workers just like you and me. They try to give an honest days work for an honest days pay. Most are sympathetic to the needs of and issues of citizens. If you are honest with them and abide by the rules they usually help you make arrangement to pay what you owe, if you owe anything. If they owe you, they pay you. If you are nasty with them they are patient but soon they will skip being nice.

[Timewas]

6. Yup

empty greene is in fact pretty empty

[machoneman]

7. No repeal without Senate agreement. Failure, game-set-match!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. Since when did Republicans believe "government should be to help"?

[Blue Owl]

11. A lot has changed since the Reagan era GOP, hasn't it?

The Russians are now fabulous friends, the government is here to help, etc. etc. etc.

[JohnnyRingo]

51. I think republicans always believed the govt should help...

...wealthy people who deserve it.
Otherwise, there's those bootstraps.

I don't know if it's more sickening when they pretend to be there for the lower classes, or when they act like Elon Musk is struggling without their aid.

[treestar]

9. So they want to not enforce laws they don't like

Imagine cutting 87000 ICE agents. They'd probably scream in protest.

[CharleyDog]

10. With a Dem majority Senate, how much real damage to our United States can they do?

Jim Jordan gets to "interfere" in judiciary investigations; they get to crash debt ceiling negotiations to get things they want, will this cause the Dems to capitulate on spending programs? What else are they going to try to do and can they do it?

[CentralMass]

13. I don't think that we want to find out.

[Buckeyeblue]

14. 99% of the actions the Republicans take the next 2 years will be ceremonial

The Senate will never take it up. Hopefully, their extremist sgenda will show everyone their true colors.

[gratuitous]

15. First, the funding isn't for 87,000 IRS agents

It's for the IRS to resume being a functional government agency having been hollowed out during the former guy's administration. It's 87,000 total hires, not 87,000 agents. It's designed to be done over a period of 10 years. Government agencies should have the staffing to carry out their missions, not be crippled and unresponsive.

But these dipshits don't get stuck on facts when fear-mongering and demagoguery can accomplish their ends.

[FakeNoose]

17. +1000 Thanks my friend

So much fear-mongering going on now.

I'm happy that some of us are still paying attention to REAL FACTS.

[albacore]

32. You can say that until you turn purple... and they just keep saying "87,000". Dumbshits! nt

[panader0]

38. Many of the new hires will be to replace the agents that are retiring.

[grantcart]

42. In Tucson if you wanted to talk to an IRS official you had to be

at the office an hour before it opened.

One officer and one receptionist covering a population of 5 million

At 5 minutes after opening they closed the door, the calendar was filled for the day.

Lack of staffing was disgraceful.

[SouthernDem4ever]

55. +1

[Walleye]

18. My sister-in-law was an IRS attorney for over 30 years.She is the most honest,ethical person I know

[republianmushroom]

19. and so it starts republican governing

going to be a long 2 years

[rubbersole]

20. Maybe she could introduce a bill..

..an award to the most hypocritical member of congress. "The Golden Butt Plug."

[panader0]

39. If you leave your butt plug in too long, you become full of shit.

[Hortensis]

21. :) tRump apparently files something like 500 returns annually

and one person is assigned to him.

Such incredible absurdity may be an outlier among outliers among outliers, but! After decades of drastic, Republican-driven underfunding of the IRS, it's institutionalized. It's telling that this wealth-serving economic issue is so prominent on Fox and elsewhere among all the social wars and malicious investigations issues.

I remember some years ago when the same people shut down government with a long list of corrupt wealth-serving demands fronted by culture wars issues. Our side wiped the floor with them and their demands, and in the end all their pretense of serving "the people" was dropped as the last, single demand they stood on was protecting a tax provision for the wealthy.

[tiredtoo]

22. The Oligarchs who own

The freedom caucus will surely approve of this.

[cbabe]

23. If you don't want to pay your fair share, then give it back. The internet and

roads and clean water and farm subsidies and national parks and even your government paycheck. All tax funded ‘socialism’.

Then we’ll see. OK?

[RANDYWILDMAN]

25. So we need more tax cheating is their first priority ???

you gotta be fucking kidding me...you can't make this shit up

[JohnnyRingo]

53. I wish we could rec replies to posts.

You get one for brevity and nailing the entire gist of the article.

[Takket]

26. making it easier for the rich to not pay taxes under the guise of helping the "little guy"

[ZonkerHarris]

27. Dont forget to repeal Obamacare again while you're busy doing shit Biden will veto and the Senate

wont vote for

[packman]

28. Well - Gotta give them points , they know how to push the right buttons

Be it gays, immigration, "woke" , gas prices, etc.

They know this will resonate with the average guy who will bitch about paying his dues to live in the good Ole US of A. Just who in the hell is going to pay for all those goodies?

Nothing more than the 1% trying to get away from more thieving, more robbing of the other 99%.

[Justice matters.]

31. Just tell them 90% of that money goes to the military.

It would be a lie but hey, they never check the numbers and they pretend supporting the troops.

[AllyCat]

29. And will die in the Senate or get vetoed.

[littlemissmartypants]

30. Tweet: 87K IRS agents are not coming for you...McCarthy & the Republican Party are misleading you

87K IRS agents are not coming for you. Speaker McCarthy and the Republican Party are misleading you.

Link to tweet

❤️pants

[SayItLoud]

33. Their reasoning:

We are OK with Billionaires and mega Billion companies not paying taxes...and even an ex President not paying taxes...so why should we pay taxes. If they can get away with it so should we.

[littlemissmartypants]

34. Forbes: Rolling Back IRS Funds Would Make It Harder To File Tax Returns And Easier To Cheat

https://t.co/JXWy87GwSE

Rolling Back IRS Funds Would Make It Harder To File Tax Returns And Easier To Cheat

Link to tweet

❤️pants

[Grins]

35. "We believe government should be to help the wealthy get away with it!"

That’s what they really mean.

[appleannie1]

37. Don't they know where their own salaries originate?

No income tax and they don't get paid. And how do they think the military gets paid? Or the damn wall gets built?

[paleotn]

40. Government needs money TO help people....

thus, the IRS. It's not magic. Pay your fucking taxes or get busted. That legislation isn't going anywhere. It may not even pass the House.

[aggiesal]

41. Theater ...

They will never get it passed the Senate or the WH.
And since they don't have anything close to a Veto Proof house, this will fall flat on it's face.

[TeamProg]

43. That would be DEFUNDING the CORRUPTION POLICE allowing for MORE FINANCIAL CORRUPTION.

RepubliScums are PRO-CRIME.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

44. talk radio's drum beat on the 87K is that Biden is building an army to abuse citizens in some where

The Gorka guy pushes that lie

[hildegaard28]

57. The response to that

Should be that if the 87k are prevented from being hired, the voters' tax refunds will be delayed. Imagine Billy Bob and Barbara Jean waiting for months and months for their tax refund all because the IRS didn't have enough hired help to process their returns.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

58. excellent response but talk radio audience don't get reasonable explanations

[elleng]

45. 'repeal the funding of 87,000 Internal Revenue Services (IRS) agents.'!!!

[housecat]

46. IRS should audit anyone who votes to repeal funding

[JohnnyRingo]

48. Like most, I don't feel the IRS is "going after me".

But then, I pay my income taxes. I don't have capital gains or complicated business loophole to seek, and I'm not much into offshore tax shelters. I don't have employee salaries or expense accounts to pad, so I don't feel the hot breath of the IRS at my back.

So thanx to republicans, the government is there "to help me" if I'm wealthy enough to deserve it, otherwise there's those bootstraps.

[Ferrets are Cool]

49. That should make his corporate masters happy.

[calimary]

54. I like the last sentence in this post.

The one that tells Margie Traitor Gangrene to go fuck herself.

[patphil]

56. She's talking to an audience that doesn't make enough money to ever get audited.

Essentially she's lying.
Besides, most of the hires are not auditors. The overwhelming number of the 87,000 are there to staff call centers, process returns and review them for errors, maintain IRS offices and systems, and other mundane jobs needed to run the IRS.
Any new auditors will be looking at returns that involve large amounts of money, or very complex returns. There is no gain in auditing lower and middle class returns; any money collected wouldn't even cover the cost of the audit.
But, the wealthy class that seldom gets audited, thanks to Republican defunding of the IRS, will have a higher probability of getting audited. And those people/businesses donate a huge amount of money to the Republican party, or are Republican office holders.
Thus, these self-serving Republican Congress persons will do all they can to protect them.