MauiLoverMay 31, 2023
Philip Bump
McCarthy threatened default in part so he could partially deliver on the right-wing demand that the IRS not hire 87,000 enforcement agents, which it wasn’t going to do anyway. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/30/debt-ceiling-republicans-mccarthy-irs/?itid=ap_philipbump
McCarthy’s sales pitch for his deal: Less money for law enforcement

The IRS has an unavoidable image problem and the House speaker knows it.

The Washington Post
May 31, 2023 at 2:57amWeb
Show threadbrickbatMay 31, 2023
@pbump Not enforcing IRS regs is almost as good (for the rich) as lowering and eliminating taxes. Either way it screws the average American and makes the rich richer.
Show threadGalenTMay 31, 2023
@pbump Hmm. Why are GOPers so afraid of law enforcement? It's almost as if they are all... oh, got it.