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New Republican Demand: Defund the (Tax) Police
President Biden wants to increase the budget of the agency that ensures the very wealthy pay their taxes. The party of “law and order” is outraged
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The GOP has long prided itself as the party of fiscal responsibility, but it’s important to keep one thing in mind as conservative lawmakers continue to scold Democrats over the cost of Biden’s infrastructure plan: They’re completely full of shit.
There are countless glaring examples of the party’s hypocrisy on the money front, from the war in Iraq to Trump’s 2017 tax cut for the wealthy and corporations. The past week has provided another concise example of how Republicans only care about cutting back on spending so long as it’s in service of the rich staying rich and the poor staying poor.