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The House GOP's proposal: Israel aid by defunding the IRS
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I have a better idea. Fund the aid to Israel by funding the IRS more, so they can investigate all these Republicans. Should be enough money there to give Ukraine a nice additional package as well.
What’s crazy is the IRS funding increase that Dems put through is basically supposed to pay for itself (unlike the fake promise that comes with tax cuts paying for themselves, which fails every time)
The IRS got $122 million from just 100 tax cheats, which further funded them to investigate more tax cheats.
This is what has them so furious to cut funding to the IRS because it works and it gets money from rich people's pockets.
TYT talking about the tax cheats: https://youtu.be/wiL9Gx0ZwZ8?si=54eNALHHlYmcWfhu
Much more than pay for itself! It will help decrease the budget defecit.
So just like many things Republicans do that they falsely claim will reduce the defecit, this "cost cutting measure" will actually increase the budget defecit.
No kidding. The IRS actually generates revenue. These jerks want it shut down because they hate paying their fair share.
The GOP is just anti-American. Sponsored by Russia.
How many more billions does Israel need? If I was American I would be ashamed to fund a colonial ethnostate.
Yes, many of us are.
Idk, you're fine with mass casualties of civilians if they're Israeli? Hamas has fired thousands of rockets at civilian population centers in Israel. Thanks to the Iron Dome, most of those rockets were intercepted.
Imagine Israel's response in Gaza if that wasn't the case.
Still enacting a genocide? You want peace go in aid the Palestinians, incorporate them into your economy, allow them jobs, education, and a better life then under hammas direction, the Palestinians population is mainly young and stuck in an authoritarian regime help them help you ffs, you don't bomb them to create more hammas fighters and complain. Nor do I give justification for genocide in any bearing, especially not because this one is less worse than what they would do unabated ffs....
"Genocide is bad" is a pretty comfortable hill to die on
Yes, Hamas is bad. Ok, I accept that. We all accept it in fact.
Israel is not free from criticism, and by allying with democratic nations, they signed a contract to be judged by their behaviors and to have their history judged.
Arguably, the most moral position is to leave Middle East to fend for itself until they get their religious extremism problem fixed.
BUT WHAT ABOUT
You're pretty ignorant to be spouting this shit at this point. Israel has been trying to fuck over Palestine for almost a goddamn century now. Hamas is a response to decades of oppression from the Israeli govt. Does that excuse Hamas? Fuck no it doesn't, but Israel is still much more in the wrong than Palestine ever was or could be at this point.
You're pretty ignorant to be spouting that shit. It shows you understand 0% of what's going on in the middle east.
Very mature response.