A provision in the bipartisan Senate infrastructure bill announced on June 24 would provide for investing more money in enforcement of laws targeting top earners who evade payment of taxes. Republican senators are furious.
Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, the third-ranking member of the minority party leadership, told Axios on Wednesday that “spending $40 billion to super-size the IRS is very concerning.” “Law-abiding Americans deserve better from their government than an army of bureaucrats snooping through their bank statements,” he said.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn warned of “a huge potential for abuse”: “Bigger government results in more waste, fraud, and abuse.” Continue reading.