Highlights: House Republicans are proposing funding $14 billion in aid to Israel by cutting additional money for divisions of the IRS tasked with making sure wealthy people and tax cheats pay their fair share, according to a new bill filed Monday.
The bill would also eliminate a task force intended to design a free direct e-file tax return system that could wind up competing with TurboTaxāa change that the company, and politicians, particularly Republicans, have fought. Advocates have said such a system could save taxpayers billions of dollars, and millions of hours of prep time, per year.
The GOPās latest bill matches $14 billion Bidenās funding request for Israel in numberābut not in its proposed approach.
The thought ofāas my colleague David Corn put it in Mother Jonesā internal Slack channelāāletting billionaires cheat to pay for bombs to drop on civiliansā is jarring, particularly given the more than 3,500 children that Gaza health authorities say have been killed by the Israeli airstrikes; heartbreaking photos and videos have shown kids covered in blood and dust and collapsing while coping with living through the trauma of war and losing loved ones.
As usual, a Republican saying two things we should do the opposite of.
3 things. They also want to eliminate the free filing software for the average person.
Two wrongs make the right!