Democrats’ ‘Inflation Reduction’ Bill To Make The IRS Larger Than FBI, Border Patrol, State Department Combined<\/p>\n
The Senate on Sunday passed the Democrats\u2019 sweeping economic package that would allocate billions of taxpayer dollars to facilitate the expansion of the Internal Revenue Service\u2019s workforce.<\/span><\/p>\n The IRS would receive $80 billion if H.R. 5376, the $750 billion \u201cInflation Reduction Act\u201d passes the House and lands on Biden\u2019s desk. The funding would mark a 600 percent increase from 2021 when the bureau received $12.6 billion.<\/p>\n The reconciliation package would also double the current IRS workforce by hiring an additional 87,000 employees to the bureau\u2019s staff of 78,661 employees, a move that would make the IRS\u00a0 larger than the Pentagon, State Department, FBI and Border Patrol.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Pentagon houses roughly 27,000 employees, according to the Defense Department, while a human resources fact sheet says the State Department employs just over 77,243 staff. The FBI employs approximately 35,000 people, according to the agency\u2019s website, and Customs and Border Protection says it employs 19,536 Border Patrol agents,\u201d the Washington Free Beacon reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n Democrats claim the majority of additional revue from IRS audits would come from the wealthy upper class, but a study from the Joint Committee on Taxation shows the audits would cripple the middle class, the publication notes:<\/p>\n The additional IRS funding is integral to the Democrats\u2019 reconciliation package. A Congressional Budget Office analysis found the hiring of new IRS agents would result in more than $200 billion in additional revenue for the federal government over the next decade. More than half of that funding is specifically earmarked for \u201cenforcement,\u201d meaning tax audits and other responsibilities such as \u201cdigital asset monitoring.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2026<\/p>\n The majority of new revenue from IRS audits and scrutiny will come from those making less than $200,000 a year, according to a study from the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation. The committee found that just 4 to 9 percent of money raised will come from those making more than $500,000, contrary to Democrats\u2019 claims that new IRS agents are necessary to target millionaires and billionaires who hide income.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The Senate\u00a0voted<\/a> to pass H.R. 5376 on a party-line vote, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie. The bill goes to the House, where it will likely pass.<\/p>\n WATCH: Democrats CHEER AND CLAP LIKE SEALS After They Pass Bill to Raise Taxes on Middle Class, Raise Inflation, Crush Small Businesses During Biden\u2019s Economic Recession<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n GOP lawmakers warn the Democrat\u2019s attempt to expand the IRS is an attempt to further weaponize the federal bureau against the middle class.<\/p>\n \u201cThose IRS agents are designed to come after you, they\u2019re not designed to come after the billionaires and the big corporations. They\u2019re designed to come after small businesses and working families across this country,\u201d cautioned Sen. Ted Cruz, R. -Texas, on Sunday. \u201cThe Democrats are making the IRS bigger than the Pentagon, plus the Department of State, plus the FBI, plus the Border Patrol combined. This is a massive power grab.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI introduced an amendment to say, \u2018don\u2019t create 87,000 new IRS agents\u2019 \u2014 every Democrat voted \u2018no,\u2019\u201d Cruz continued. \u201cThey are bound and determined to try to ram this bill through.\u201d<\/p>\n Sen. Lindsey Graham, R. -SC, warns the legislation under the guise of inflation is a \u201cfraud\u201d and a \u201clie.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe CBO says next year, inflation will go up or down 0.1 percent. That\u2019s not much of a reduction,\u201d Graham explained on a Friday appearance on FNC\u2019s Fox and Friends<\/em>. \u201cThis bill has tax increases on imported oil. The taxes in the bill will be passed on to consumers at the $75,000 or below level. The subsidies for Obamacare go to people who make $300,000 and $400,000 as a family of four. It is a bunch of bs that it will reduce inflation. It is about as accurate as saying the border\u2019s secure and the Taliban didn\u2019t know Zawahiri was in Kabul. This is a fraud. It\u2019s a lie. It\u2019s going to make every problem worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Democrats\u2019 tax-and-spend bill making its way through the senate adds 87,000 new IRS agents to an already politicized agency.<\/span><\/p>\n The so-called \u2018Inflation Reduction Act\u2019 will give $79.6 billion to the IRS<\/a> over the next 10 years.<\/p>\nLindsey Graham Nods in Agreement as ‘Da Nang Dick’ Blumenthal Mocks Americans For Being Freaked Out Over an Army of 87,000 New IRS Agents (VIDEO)<\/strong><\/h2>\n