| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| If you're rich enough you don't have to pay much in taxes - | 2022-12-30 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1608906983364775936 | 1608906983364775936 |
| Even the GOP - and some Democrats - that don't care about | 2022-12-23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1606154769139056642 | 1606154769139056642 |
| Trump's lucky break - his business interests and tax | 2022-12-23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1606105046382350336 | 1606105046382350336 |
| Do you think they could have made it any more complicated? | 2022-12-02 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1598468231173636096 | 1598468231173636096 |
| "With sufficient funding, IRS can enforce tax laws, | 2022-12-01 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1598174387039252481 | 1598174387039252481 |
| Trump loses bid to run down clock on tax return request. | 2022-11-23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1595311050592702465 | 1595311050592702465 |
| Why Democrats want to strengthen the IRS against wealthy | 2022-10-31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1586911154948800512 | 1586911154948800512 |
| Trump continues to run down the clock hoping a GOP | 2022-10-28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1585844049386229762 | 1585844049386229762 |
| GOP promises to protect its megadonors from annoying | 2022-10-22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1583812267652501504 | 1583812267652501504 |
| Sentiments you'll never hear from GOP megadonors! | 2022-10-21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1583592160682594304 | 1583592160682594304 |
| It's hard to be too cynical about the motivations of | 2022-10-07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1578416984240271360 | 1578416984240271360 |
| Tax laws are intended to benefit the rich and powerful - | 2022-09-25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1573875556323446785 | 1573875556323446785 |
| There's no reason the government can't prepare the tax | 2022-09-09 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1568106957168590851 | 1568106957168590851 |
| Traditional GOP business as usual - | 2022-08-26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1563040073477529600 | 1563040073477529600 |
| It's not just Republican senators who know where their | 2022-08-19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1560653416350724097 | 1560653416350724097 |
| Is "the language being used by high-ranking Republicans | 2022-08-19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1560617443071995905 | 1560617443071995905 |
| This is why GOP senators (and some Democrats) vote against | 2022-08-18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1560304041921372160 | 1560304041921372160 |
| Large corporations are in business to enrich their major | 2022-08-16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1559609706376704001 | 1559609706376704001 |
| An investment that paid off big time. | 2022-08-13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1558454101913939969 | 1558454101913939969 |
| For most taxpayers, the IRS already has all the data it | 2022-08-13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1558453180312084480 | 1558453180312084480 |
| How the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP fights increased tax | 2022-08-12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1557935509753643009 | 1557935509753643009 |
| It's not just Republicans! Sen. Sinema knows who butters | 2022-08-11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1557573459076493313 | 1557573459076493313 |
| A majority of American voters might be fed up with | 2022-08-11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1557559264662605824 | 1557559264662605824 |
| Ever heard of carried interest? | 2022-08-05 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1555552522365915137 | 1555552522365915137 |
| Praise for the Manchin-Schumer deal. | 2022-08-02 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1554608078821027840 | 1554608078821027840 |
| It's easier to cut taxes - and take the credit - and hard | 2022-07-08 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1545259752866795527 | 1545259752866795527 |
| Red states successfully insure that they will get no | 2022-07-06 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1544572275671781383 | 1544572275671781383 |
| IRS is getting further and further behind. | 2022-06-23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1539801097111425025 | 1539801097111425025 |
| Raising taxes reduces the deficit and inflation - a little. | 2022-05-19 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1527129625377198080 | 1527129625377198080 |
| Cutting taxes is NOT the solution to inflation. | 2022-05-12 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1524580175647674368 | 1524580175647674368 |
| Congress working on 401k's. Will they make things | 2022-05-06 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1522395288664563713 | 1522395288664563713 |
| Using tax law to dampen investor speculation in | 2022-04-18 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1516092712985903104 | 1516092712985903104 |
| Evolution of tax preparation companies from tax preparation | 2022-04-12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1513869964926599172 | 1513869964926599172 |
| The complexity of tax returns keeps going up. | 2022-04-12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1513669879785689091 | 1513669879785689091 |
| "Good politics makes for bad policy" | 2022-04-01 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509731211438043139 | 1509731211438043139 |
| What's the best thing a GOP state can do to help poor | 2022-03-31 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509572862004191233 | 1509572862004191233 |
| What major political donors get for their investments! | 2022-03-31 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509569299895099398 | 1509569299895099398 |
| GOP opposes IRS enforcement funding for fear it might | 2022-03-27 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508072501259083778 | 1508072501259083778 |
| Biden would like the political donor class to pay a bigger | 2022-03-27 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1508068824947433474 | 1508068824947433474 |
| Catching up with the IRS backlog. | 2022-03-11 | 105 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1502379236392194049 | 1502379236392194049 |
| IRS trying to tax gig workers. | 2022-02-17 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1494166690099122178 | 1494166690099122178 |
| What do billionaires do all day? | 2022-02-10 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491588494132596741 | 1491588494132596741 |
| Save extra income for a rainy day? That's too much | 2022-02-03 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1489131869828313090 | 1489131869828313090 |
| Red states aren't using covid funds to help those who | 2022-02-01 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488380648318373891 | 1488380648318373891 |
| IRS as Sisyphus - under bipartisan direction. Democrats | 2022-01-30 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487921189037117440 | 1487921189037117440 |
| Why would anybody use cryptocurrencies to buy real estate? | 2022-01-24 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1485628397782921220 | 1485628397782921220 |
| GOP succeeds at IRS. Not enough resources for | 2022-01-23 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485309953720029184 | 1485309953720029184 |
| The pandemic has not been a disaster for everybody. | 2022-01-19 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1483874031203848193 | 1483874031203848193 |
| It's all working by design. The GOP wants IRS | 2022-01-17 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482909545605128195 | 1482909545605128195 |
| It's no accident that IRS is impotent. | 2022-01-11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480739965931712513 | 1480739965931712513 |
| How much do you know about QSBS? | 2022-01-02 | 76 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1477676071789105153 | 1477676071789105153 |
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========== If you're rich enough you don't have to pay much in taxes - https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-federal-tax-returns-updates-290dd5b563d8d829ee8b89ab4471d2e2 Fox of course thinks the story is about the Democrats in Congress - https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-release-former-president-donald-trump-tax-returns But draw your own conclusions - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/30/trump-tax-returns-congress/ https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-federal-tax-returns-updates-290dd5b563d8d829ee8b89ab4471d2e2 #PS1tax ===== engage 1 engage-rate 17% expands 1 impress 6 time 2022-12-30 19:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1608906983364775936 ========== Even the GOP - and some Democrats - that don't care about Trump are anxious about IRS enforcement against their megadonors. https://apnews.com/article/politics-business-donald-trump-86ec33d75573cdfc634f3532c6fdd989 #PS1tax ===== impress 5 time 2022-12-23 05:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606154769139056642 ========== Trump's lucky break - his business interests and tax returns are so complicated, by design, that the IRS doesn't have the manpower to audit them. And other megadonors are even worse. GOP solution - cut back IRS audit capability even further. https://apnews.com/article/business-donald-trump-195e3d06db7c396fea69c2111a5cb98f #PS1tax ===== impress 8 time 2022-12-23 01:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1606105046382350336 ========== Do you think they could have made it any more complicated? https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/30/how-to-cash-californias-middle-class-tax-refund-debit-card/ No doubt the scammers will figure out a way soon enough. #PS1tax ===== engage 6 engage-rate 9% expands 1 impress 65 time 2022-12-02 00:04 +0000 urlclicks 5 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598468231173636096 ========== "With sufficient funding, IRS can enforce tax laws, deliver benefits to small businesses and provide fast, efficient service" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/30/irs-funding-republicans-technology-rubin-lew/ That's the point! The LAST thing GOP megadonors want is enforcement of tax laws against them, instead of poor people. #PS1tax ===== impress 6 time 2022-12-01 04:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598174387039252481 ========== Trump loses bid to run down clock on tax return request. https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-donald-trump-business-john-roberts-congress-8ea516dace48875ad7c5dd472dd16dcf He seems surprised to learn that the Supreme Court doesn't work for him, despite all the nominations that he dutifully transmitted from Leo to McConnell for confirmation. #PS1tax ===== impress 10 time 2022-11-23 06:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595311050592702465 ========== Why Democrats want to strengthen the IRS against wealthy tax cheats. GOP opposes, since many of those wealthy are megadonors. But GOP have to campaign as if it were about working class and middle class taxpayers. https://apnews.com/article/business-government-and-politics-ba556299145218216d60790457482c3f #PS1tax ===== impress 3 time 2022-10-31 02:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586911154948800512 ========== Trump continues to run down the clock hoping a GOP Congress will save him - that's his way of dealing with legal situations. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/27/us/trump-tax-returns-appeals-court.html But Trump is not essential to Trumpism. #PS1tax ===== impress 7 time 2022-10-28 04:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585844049386229762 ========== GOP promises to protect its megadonors from annoying audits! https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-congress-business-government-and-politics-0f645387cac1ebbe1551f95524cf3ce1 Why don't they just admit they want to abolish taxes on billionaire megadonors and regress to regressive taxes on everybody else? #PS1tax ===== impress 5 time 2022-10-22 13:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583812267652501504 ========== Sentiments you'll never hear from GOP megadonors! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/world/europe/marlene-engelhorn-wealth-tax.html Why is the US so eager to create a hereditary nobility like that in the old world? #PS1tax ===== impress 6 time 2022-10-21 22:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1583592160682594304 ========== It's hard to be too cynical about the motivations of politicians writing tax law. Time for something different? https://www.one-flat-tax.net/ For now, renew the R&D tax credit in exchange for renewing the child tax credit. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/15/democrats-child-tax-credit-deal/ #PS1tax ===== impress 1 time 2022-10-07 16:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1578416984240271360 ========== Tax laws are intended to benefit the rich and powerful - at least according to GOP. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/24/us/politics/paul-lepage-maine-taxes.html But don't YOU try to get away with anything! #PS1tax ===== impress 3 time 2022-09-25 03:22 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573875556323446785 ========== There's no reason the government can't prepare the tax returns of taxpayers with only W-2 and 1099 data - data which the IRS already receives in January. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/09/07/irs-free-efile-biden/ But tax software companies have thought of $63 million reasons not to. #PS1tax ===== engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 likes 1 time 2022-09-09 05:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1568106957168590851 ========== Traditional GOP business as usual - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2022-credos.html#gop Protect minority rule and their megadonors by pretending to protect little people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/25/rnc-conference-call-steve-wynn/ #PS1tax ===== impress 4 time 2022-08-26 05:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563040073477529600 ========== It's not just Republican senators who know where their bread gets buttered. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/19/opinion/kyrsten-sinema-tax-bill.html #PS1tax ===== impress 1 time 2022-08-19 15:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560653416350724097 ========== Is "the language being used by high-ranking Republicans about increased funding for the IRS shockingly irresponsible"? https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/17/opinions/irs-taxes-funding-increase-inflation-reduction-87000-michel/index.html But high-ranking Republicans are responsible for defending their GOP megadonors - and thus their re-election campaign funds. #PS1tax ===== impress 6 time 2022-08-19 13:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560617443071995905 ========== This is why GOP senators (and some Democrats) vote against anything to help IRS audits of rich people - especially GOP megadonors - there's scarcely a stone to overturn that doesn't reveal something that thrives in darkness. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/08/18/weisselberg-trump-guilty-plea #PS1tax ===== impress 4 time 2022-08-18 16:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1560304041921372160 ========== Large corporations are in business to enrich their major stockholders, not their minor employees. https://apnews.com/article/biden-elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-congress-5e5ea68a4b5c1f4f263f5516bcdf8f77 #PS1tax ===== impress 4 time 2022-08-16 18:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559609706376704001 ========== An investment that paid off big time. https://apnews.com/article/sinema-took-wall-street-money-while-killing-tax-on-investors-0c07f73ba6db92f87fa33f1aad8dbeac #PS1tax ===== impress 6 time 2022-08-13 14:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558454101913939969 ========== For most taxpayers, the IRS already has all the data it needs to compute their taxes and send a refund or a bill. Now Congress is finally going to allow them to do it. https://apnews.com/article/irs-free-file-system-expansion-one-step-closer-democrats-b2c39db83e4a95f1d1cd1aa488495256 #PS1tax ===== impress 6 time 2022-08-13 13:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1558453180312084480 ========== How the Trumpist Dixiecrat GOP fights increased tax auditing of their megadonors - by pretending it applies to the middle class. Do YOU consider $400K and up middle class? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/11/hyperbolic-gop-claims-about-irs-agents-audits/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1728913367453175 #PS1tax ===== impress 4 time 2022-08-12 03:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557935509753643009 ========== It's not just Republicans! Sen. Sinema knows who butters her bread. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/09/how-wall-street-wooed-sen-kyrsten-sinema-and-preserved-its-multi-billion-dollar-carried-interest-tax-break.html SOMEBODY has to help the GOP protect billionaires from socialist dictatorship! #PS1tax ===== impress 4 time 2022-08-11 03:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557573459076493313 ========== A majority of American voters might be fed up with billionaires. But a majority of GOP megadonors have bought enough cheap votes of single-issue constituencies and made the most of the rural bias in the Constitution to protect minority rule. https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/09/perspectives/billionaire-wealth-inequality-inflation-reduction-act/index.html #PS1tax ===== engage 1 engage-rate 11% impress 9 likes 1 time 2022-08-11 02:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557559264662605824 ========== Ever heard of carried interest? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/04/opinion/private-equity-lays-waste.html Probably not, and that's no accident. But every senator - both parties - knows what it is and who benefits from it - namely themselves from campaign donations from hedge fund operators. #PS1tax ===== engage 2 engage-rate 33% impress 6 likes 1 time 2022-08-05 13:53 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1555552522365915137 ========== Praise for the Manchin-Schumer deal. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/opinion/manchin-inflation-climate.html Are there really 11 GOP votes for it? As noted, if the GOP were really serious about reducing the deficit, they'd repeal some of their 2017 billionaire tax relief. #PS1tax ===== impress 4 time 2022-08-02 23:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1554608078821027840 ========== It's easier to cut taxes - and take the credit - and hard to raise them - and blame the other party. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/07/states-cutting-taxes-inflation-they-may-soon-regret-it/ The important thing is to keep the megadonors happy. #PS1tax ===== impress 2 time 2022-07-08 04:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1545259752866795527 ========== Red states successfully insure that they will get no Federal help when the next recession dries up their tax revenues. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/07/05/republicans-tax-cuts-stimulus/ Why finance infrastructure benefits when you can cut taxes for "job creator" GOP megadonors? More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1702198633457982 #PS1tax ===== engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2022-07-06 06:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1544572275671781383 ========== IRS is getting further and further behind. https://apnews.com/article/personal-taxes-groundhog-day-congress-f305d84940dcbce994b083595ad20729 Thanks to GOP legislators who jump on every chance to cut IRS budgets - to protect their major donors. #PS1tax ===== impress 6 time 2022-06-23 02:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1539801097111425025 ========== Raising taxes reduces the deficit and inflation - a little. But it doesn't change China's covid policies or OPEC's price of oil. https://apnews.com/article/biden-elon-musk-technology-government-and-politics-227a7b84f162e79afa04e861c11fe201 Raising taxes on corporations is popular with voters, but not with major political donors - so don't expect much. #PS1tax ===== impress 36 time 2022-05-19 03:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1527129625377198080 ========== Cutting taxes is NOT the solution to inflation. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/11/opinion/inflation-tax-cuts-desantis.html Promising to cut taxes for the average voter IS the solution to getting elected. Actually cutting taxes for the average major political donor IS the solution to getting re-elected. #PS1tax ===== engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 16 likes 1 time 2022-05-12 02:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1524580175647674368 ========== Congress working on 401k's. Will they make things simpler or more complicated? Better for minimum-wage workers or better for billionaires - who have quite sophisticated 401k plans. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/26/economy/401k-senate-congress-retirement-changes/index.html #PS1tax ===== impress 11 time 2022-05-06 01:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1522395288664563713 ========== Using tax law to dampen investor speculation in single-family homes. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/04/16/opinion-tackling-housing-speculation-needs-to-be-in-our-housing-solutions/ Expect opposition from everybody with a vested interest in rapidly rising real estate prices. #PS1tax ===== impress 26 time 2022-04-18 16:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1516092712985903104 ========== Evolution of tax preparation companies from tax preparation to private data collection and monetization. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/04/12/tax-prep-privacy/ #PS1tax ===== impress 22 time 2022-04-12 13:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1513869964926599172 ========== The complexity of tax returns keeps going up. https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/qualified-business-income-deduction And the price of a Senate campaign keeps going up. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/11/politics/pennsylvania-expensive-senate-race/index.html What's the correlation? One dollar one vote! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1640519259625920 #PS1tax ===== impress 10 time 2022-04-12 00:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1513669879785689091 ========== "Good politics makes for bad policy" https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/26/opinions/states-surging-revenues-inflation-governors-mccaffery/index.html #PS1tax ===== impress 17 time 2022-04-01 03:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509731211438043139 ========== What's the best thing a GOP state can do to help poor people? Reduce taxes on rich people! https://apnews.com/article/business-mississippi-tate-reeves-legislature-15134876a4f232f0d7860974772d1c7f #PS1tax ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-31 16:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509572862004191233 ========== What major political donors get for their investments! https://calmatters.org/commentary/2022/03/hidden-tax-breaks-escape-scrutiny/ It's bipartisan. Every politician needs campaign funds. #PS1tax ===== impress 33 time 2022-03-31 16:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509569299895099398 ========== GOP opposes IRS enforcement funding for fear it might endanger major GOP donors and donations. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/27/politics/irs-funding-gap-russia-sanctions/index.html #PS1tax ===== impress 25 time 2022-03-27 13:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508072501259083778 ========== Biden would like the political donor class to pay a bigger share of taxes. But Manchin and Sinema have already said no. https://apnews.com/article/biden-covid-business-health-economy-34e13b5a1bde5167d10303bb25652376 And billionaire tax relief in 2017 was McConnell's second greatest accomplishment after reactionary judges. No help there. #PS1tax ===== impress 38 time 2022-03-27 13:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1508068824947433474 ========== Catching up with the IRS backlog. https://apnews.com/article/business-personal-taxes-fd02c92a48c44a8a5fe48dae46b90d14 Rick Scott has an even Trumpier idea - increase taxes on poor people and cut IRS employment in half, to end enforcement harassment of job creators in the major political donor class. #PS1tax ===== engage 3 engage-rate 3% impress 105 likes 1 retweets 1 time 2022-03-11 20:21 +0000 userclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1502379236392194049 ========== IRS trying to tax gig workers. https://www.bloombergquint.com/gadfly/irs-aims-to-tax-the-gig-economy-and-misses #PS1tax ===== impress 66 time 2022-02-17 04:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494166690099122178 ========== What do billionaires do all day? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/09/who-is-peter-thiel/ Some of them make more billions. Most of them just want to keep what they have rather than pay taxes to support poor people. #PS1tax ===== impress 24 time 2022-02-10 01:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491588494132596741 ========== Save extra income for a rainy day? That's too much to ask of most state legislators. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-new-jersey-california-ddd6fa4ac74ff9a7f914d67b0a400e14 Some want to reduce taxes on the rich (donors) rather than the poor (voters). And lowering taxes to increase disposable income makes inflation worse. #PS1tax ===== impress 37 time 2022-02-03 07:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1489131869828313090 ========== Red states aren't using covid funds to help those who need it most - instead they are cutting taxes for those who need it least. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/31/democrats-accidentally-made-it-easier-republicans-cut-taxes-this-year-oops/ But that's what Republicans do. Their donors love it. #PS1tax ===== impress 57 time 2022-02-01 05:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488380648318373891 ========== IRS as Sisyphus - under bipartisan direction. Democrats pile on more tasks while GOP removes budget for headcount. Now IRS has to give up something - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/01/28/irs-backlog-taxpayer-notices/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1591176484560198 #PS1tax ===== impress 24 time 2022-01-30 22:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487921189037117440 ========== Why would anybody use cryptocurrencies to buy real estate? https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/24/is-bay-area-real-estate-the-next-frontier-for-crypto/ Is there a tax scam angle to "set up a legal structure that would allow a buyer to defer taxes on crypto investment gains"? #PS1tax ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 54 likes 1 time 2022-01-24 14:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485628397782921220 ========== GOP succeeds at IRS. Not enough resources for ordinary taxpayers, much less auditing major donors, who will remember their senators favorably. https://apnews.com/article/when-will-taxes-be-accepted-irs-9d29b1e4b5d12acbb68e43772a009f1e They'll blame it on Biden as usual. #PS1tax ===== impress 53 time 2022-01-23 17:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485309953720029184 ========== The pandemic has not been a disaster for everybody. Why not let them help those hit hardest? https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-poverty-world-economic-forum-2316d71c873de5320af56b7159148117 #PS1tax ===== impress 20 time 2022-01-19 18:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1483874031203848193 ========== It's all working by design. The GOP wants IRS investigating poor people for chump change, rather than GOP major donors owing millions. So they underfund IRS enforcement, so IRS relies on automation. Covid was very helpful to GOP. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/01/14/irs-processing-delays/ #PS1tax ===== impress 40 time 2022-01-17 02:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482909545605128195 ========== It's no accident that IRS is impotent. https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/01/10/treasury-irs-filing-season/ That's a major goal of many major GOP donors. GOP senators took note and voted accordingly. #PS1tax ===== impress 21 time 2022-01-11 03:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480739965931712513 ========== How much do you know about QSBS? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/28/business/tax-break-qualified-small-business-stock.html If a true flat tax proposal ever gained traction, GOP senators and not a few Democrats would piously defend the existing "progressive" tax system - in all its regressiveness. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1572462719764908 #PS1tax ===== engage 3 engage-rate 4% impress 76 time 2022-01-02 16:20 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477676071789105153