spaceghoti@lemmy.one to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoHouse Republicans: No Aid for Israel Unless Rich Tax Cheats Get a Breaknymag.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareroguetrick@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoFor those that don’t read the article - they want to cut funding to the IRS (a revenue generating expense) to pay for aid to Israel.
minus-squareIchNichtenLichten@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-211 months ago“In fiscal year 2020, the IRS collected almost $3.5 trillion in revenue and processed more than 240 million tax returns. The IRS spent just 35 cents for each $100 it collected in FY 2020. (Source: Table 31, IRS 2020 Data Book).” https://www.irs.gov/about-irs/the-agency-its-mission-and-statutory-authority#:~:text=In fiscal year 2020%2C the,%2C IRS 2020 Data Book We should spend more on the IRS. The Israeli government shouldn’t be getting a single cent from the US taxpayer.
For those that don’t read the article - they want to cut funding to the IRS (a revenue generating expense) to pay for aid to Israel.
“In fiscal year 2020, the IRS collected almost $3.5 trillion in revenue and processed more than 240 million tax returns. The IRS spent just 35 cents for each $100 it collected in FY 2020. (Source: Table 31, IRS 2020 Data Book).”
https://www.irs.gov/about-irs/the-agency-its-mission-and-statutory-authority#:~:text=In fiscal year 2020%2C the,%2C IRS 2020 Data Book
We should spend more on the IRS. The Israeli government shouldn’t be getting a single cent from the US taxpayer.