dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

The White House Is Lying About Democrats’ Middle-Class Auditing Scheme
BY: OLIVIA HAJICEK
AUGUST 10, 2022
2 MIN READ

While the Democrats’ so-called Inflation Reduction Act will use taxpayer dollars to pack the Internal Revenue Service with 87,000 new agents, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed there won’t be any new audits on people making less than $400,000 a year.

The claim is ridiculous on its face. Over 99 percent of Americans make less than $400,000 per year. And while the IRS employs more than 78,000 people full-time, the agency has fewer than 66,000 agents as of March to handle its audits. But the Biden White House wants you to believe these 87,000 new agents will be reserved for auditing the top 1 percent, with no effect on everyday Americans.

Despite claims that the new audits will target the rich, all available evidence suggests the opposite. As Fox Business’s Thomas Catenacci reported, an analysis from House Republicans estimates that “Americans who earn less than $75,000 per year are slated to receive 60% of the additional tax audits.” That annual salary accounts for roughly three-quarters of Americans and covers the lower and much of the middle class.

“Overall, the IRS would conduct more than 1.2 million more annual audits of Americans’ tax returns,” Catenacci wrote of the analysis, and individuals with an annual income of $75,000 or less would be subject to more additional audits than those making more than $1 million.

Meanwhile, Jared Bernstein, who was an economic adviser to then-Vice President Joe Biden, brought the Democrats’ claims further into question. When asked by a CNBC reporter, “Is the president guaranteeing nobody making under $400,000 will be audited?” Bernstein replied, “No, no, no, no, that’s not what I said.”

Not only are Democrats failing to get their story straight about whom they plan to target, but they have also already v**ed against following through on their promises. When Idaho Republican Sen. Mike Crapo proposed an amendment that would have prohibited the new IRS funds from being used to audit people with a taxable income under $400,000 a year, the Senate v**ed the amendment down in a 50-50 party-line v**e.

While on the campaign trail, Biden pledged not to raise taxes on people who make less than $400,000 a year. Now, his administration has promised the Democrats’ bill will not result in new audits on these people. The so-called Inflation Reduction Act breaks both of these pledges — increasing taxes on middle-class Americans and more than doubling the number of IRS agents to make sure they pay.

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

Joe Biden Is Waging War On The Middle Class
BY: JENNA STOCKER
AUGUST 10, 2022
6 MIN READ

Now that he’s president, Joe Biden is doing everything possible to destroy what remains of the American middle class.

With the U.S. Senate recently passing the ironically named “Inflation Reduction Act,” the U.S. economy will reach its breaking point, and the middle class will get hit the hardest. While the wealthy continue living a comfortable lifestyle relatively unscathed from the government jackboot, the American middle class finds it increasingly difficult not to fall behind.

The reality facing millions of middle-class American families in this “new normal” is that they are expected to get used to having less, lower their expectations, and ignore any economic hardships they encounter.

Joe Biden isn’t for the middle class. If anything, he wants to punish us. He shows the same disdain for middle-class families that he showed to a union worker in Michigan prior to the 2020 e******n when he was confronted about his stance on the Second Amendment. Biden’s unhinged reaction to this worker was simply a preview of what we see now. This is the real Joe Biden.

As Americans finally returned to work after the c***d lockdowns, gas prices jumped to record highs. Supply-chain disruptions from lack of workers, disorganization at our nation’s ports, and the inability to attain essential parts still make it difficult to stock shelves across the country.

Biden’s wrongheaded economic policies have caused struggling families to do everything they can to stay afloat. Inflation has caused massive price increases of basic consumer goods, causing more time and resources to be spent trying to stretch household budgets. Subsequently, more than 87 percent of consumers are choosing to buy cheaper store brands or are shopping at different stores to save money.

The rapid rise of inflation is forcing families to deplete their savings so they can simply continue living day-to-day. One study shows that, in recent months, more than 35 percent of Americans have spent money from their savings on basic essentials such as gas and groceries.

Nevertheless, our elected officials continue to act with rank glibness. For the nonaffluent with sticker shock at energy bills and the gas pump, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, channeled Marie Antoinette, scoffing at middle-class plights while bragging about her new electric vehicle during a hearing in June.

Biden himself stated in a May 23 press conference, “[W]hen it comes to the gas prices, we’re going through an incredible t***sition that is taking place that, God willing, when it’s over, we’ll be stronger and the world will be stronger and less reliant on f****l f**ls when this is over.” The pain is the point.

If your idea of the American Dream involves home ownership, be prepared for disappointment. Housing prices are higher than they have been in decades and mortgage interest rates continue to hover around 5 percent — 1.75 points above the start of the year. Volatility in the market contributes to an increasing economic slowdown, which further exacerbates a supply shortage.

The American Dream is anchored in the possibility of upward mobility and the opportunity to improve your quality of life. But in Biden’s America, this is quickly becoming an impossibility, and if you already have kids, your prospects are increasingly grim.

Despite having a front-row seat to the supply-chain disruptions occurring prior to taking power, the Biden administration did nothing to address the imminent shortage of baby formula. Instead, they shut down one of only a few major domestic suppliers of baby formula with absolutely no plan for making up the inevitable shortage.

Instead, millions of store shelves across the country sat empty as parents scrambled to find ways to feed their babies. An administration that all but holds babies in contempt was clueless about the national crisis for months until public outcry was too loud to ignore. Despite this shortage being completely avoidable, parents of young children had to drive hours to find baby formula amid $5.00+ gas prices or pay outrageous shipping costs from Amazon Canada.

These economic and supply woes go together with the feeling permeating average Americans: we are trapped under layers of oppression. Instead of optimism for the future — a proud hallmark of American idealism — the struggle to afford basic necessities has even the most upbeat person hard-pressed to find a silver lining.

According to Gallup’s June polling, a stunning 87 percent of Americans — nearly nine out of ten — are dissatisfied with the direction of the country. This includes a decline among Democrats, whose satisfaction has dropped to 24 percent — down from 46 percent just three months ago.

This ominous mood is justified, especially when Americans face continuous ideological and physical assault in our communities. We also have difficulty escaping bad public schools and crime-ridden communities.

While the wealthy and politically connected can send their children to exclusive private schools and legacy institutions that are pipelines to greater opportunities and networks of power, average families are forced to surrender their children’s minds to the indoctrination of government schools. If parents raise their concerns about the curriculum, there is a nonzero chance the feds will treat them like d******c t*******ts.

The same goes for crime. Politicians and wealthy elites can afford to live in gated communities or hire private security while the American public is subject to record-breaking homicides, carjackings, and other violent crime that erodes their standard of living. The Democrats’ answer isn’t to restore law and order but to throw us to the wolves and have us fend for ourselves.

What message does it send when a New York City bodega owner and California liquor store owner must rely on their own devices for protection from violent thugs instead of being able to live in peaceful communities? We are increasingly at the mercy of elites who put their interests ahead of the safety and security of the people they are supposed to represent.

Biden is as likely to help the average American family as he is to skip his daily nap. His policies and rhetoric prove that he is a Democratic Party sponge that soaks up radical demands and nanny-state initiatives before wringing out dirty water to drown Americans in chronic malaise and depression.

On stage before the American people in a 2019 Democrat debate, then-p**********l candidate Biden declared, “The middle class is getting k**led. The middle class is getting crushed. And the working class has no way up as a consequence of that.” Now that he’s president, Biden is doing everything possible to destroy what remains of the American middle class.

Bevvy

I know of no instance where joe biden has told the t***h

TommyRadd Loc: Midwest USA

I do. Remember when he said, "We have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive v***r f***d organization in the history of American politics”?

dtucker300 Loc: Vista, CA

LogicallyRight Loc: Chicago

***White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed there won’t be any new audits on people making less than $400,000 a year.
>>>Will that brain dead b***h and her brain dead boss and Congress put that into writing and make that the law. If not, shove your bull s**t up your ass.

LogicallyRight Loc: Chicago

Bingo. And yet the democrats don't believe the one time he tells the t***h, and continue to believe all of his lies

TommyRadd Loc: Midwest USA

Trying to reason with l*****ts is like living in an unending episode of Outer Limits or Night Gallery or something. Definitely "alternative universe" stuff. Words like "liberty" and "justice" and "rule of law" are just as "fluid" to them as their subjective way of choosing g****r and pronouns... apparently whichever gets them in the bathroom of their choice regardless of who is offended. Its the same attitude all around. They call themselves "Americans" about as legitimately as they choose their pronouns. The USA is like their "bathroom" of choice, so they call themselves "Americans" so they can pretend they are like real Americans. Not because their political DNA (their l*****t, c*******t/socialist/entitlement-oriented, ideology) identifies them as Americans, but because they can't stomach the idea of living in "other" countries (China, Argentina, etc) that are already openly doing government the way they are trying to get our country to be run.

LogicallyRight Loc: Chicago

Well said