Republicans are so outraged by renewed efforts to enforce existing tax laws, they're telling some rather brazen lies about the Inflation Reduction Act. (via MaddowBlog)
It is not at all new that congressional debates over taxes and spending can be exasperating, but in theory, there should be far less division over whether to enforce existing tax laws. It’s law and order at its most basic: The government needs resources to function on behalf of its citizens; the government creates laws requiring citizens to pay their fair share; and the government then enforces those laws to ensure that the system works effectively.
This satisfied Sinema. It did not satisfy Republicans — many of whom have responded with varying degrees of manufactured outrage. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, for example, desperate for a campaign issue and indifferent to accuracy,
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