Bush to Push for Bigger IRS Budget

[merwin]

Bush to Push for Bigger IRS Budget
Tue Feb 1,11:02 AM ET

WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) will ask Congress to give the Internal Revenue Service (news - web sites) an extra $500 million to pursue tax evaders and increase collections, the Treasury Department (news - web sites) said Tuesday.

The boost would mean a nearly 8 percent increase in the IRS budget for tax enforcement, according to a proposal to be included in the fiscal 2006 budget the president sends to Congress next week.

The extra money would be used for audits, collections and investigations. The president proposed a substantial increase in the IRS enforcement budget last year.

"Increasing enforcement not only catches tax cheats but discourages others from avoiding paying their taxes," said Treasury Secretary John Snow.

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Gotta gouge that middle class just a LITTLE bit more!

[donco6]

1. Let's see, will it be audits for corporations? Or . . .

. . . increased audits for the middle class?

Remember the "lifestyle" audit fracas a few years ago?

[bluestateguy]

2. This might be a story worth paying attention to you lurkers from CU & FR

This is what you guys voted for OK. Just don't blame the "liberals" when some pencil necked IRS agent shows up at your door.

[Nite Owl]

3. Oh cut Amtrak

and spend more on the IRS. That's going to go over real big.

[merwin]

4. It's their plan to control travel. Gotta stop those people running

from the IRS!

[GHOSTDANCER]

5. They should spend it on investigating Federal spending. OUR MONEY!!!!!

[adigal]

6. No silly!!! It's for us DUers!!

He needs the money so he can audit us, and Michael Moore and anyone who speaks up against him.

Didn't another president abuse the IRS and get caught and in trouble for it???

[KissMeKate]

7. five years ago the GOP wanted to eliminate the IRS!

damn these people amaze me.

[merwin]

8. I think they're realizing that they're bankrupting the country and trying

to cover that fact with a few increased profits in other areas.

[Zeke]

9. Bingo...

Exactly.

It's a symbolic-rhetorical thing.

[leesa]

10. More government...typical Republicans

Why don't they just make wealthy people and corporations pay the share they are supposed to be paying??

And the stoopid Repukes will STILL believe the GOP stands for smaller government!

[Democat]

11. More audits on the middle class from the Republicans

:(

[merwin]

12. Luckily, my taxes are utterly simple and my middle class

income probably won't get questioned.

However, I am expecting about $750 back, so I'm not holding my breath. I don't see the * administration wanting to let go of any money voluntarily.