BREAKING: House Votes to Gut the IRS of Over $1 BILLION in Funding [DETAILS]

Conservative Tribune ^ | July 15 2014 | Conservative Tribune

[DariusBane]

Ping

[Ouchthatonehurt]

[gaijin]

Better, but MEH....

$13.5 billion down to $12.5 billion...?

Meh...

[demshateGod]

I bet their budget has increased 10b over the last 5 years.

[boomop1]

Purse string is controlled by the house Harry is irrelevant.

[upchuck]

With all due respect to the English language, I think the word “gut” is a little over the top.

Note that this one billion reduction is applied to the IRS tax enforcement budget of five billion.

20%. meh. Will it stick? Doubt it.

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

You both need to go back to civics class.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

The annual IRS budget is about $11.5 billion.

[molson209]

D’oh ,you forgot the EPA

[unlearner]

As much as I am disappointed in the GOPe, I am willing to give credit where it is due. Good move.

[showme_the_Glory]

Give us the emails, we might give back the billion.

[Organic Panic]

“House votes to ensure IRS will bilk 1,000,000,000 more fines and penalties from taxpayers.”

DEFUND completely. That’ll get their attention.

[lee martell]

A billion here, a billion there, soon you’re talking about real money. This sounds better than the first plan I heard last week to cut, what was it? some $300. Million. That would have been not even a drop in their buckets. This is a good start.

[Moonman62]

I bet their budget has increased 10b over the last 5 years.

W gave them some nice budget increases, too.

[boomop1]

If Harry gets the budget bill and votes it down then so be it, they haven’t passed a budget yet.

[Taxman]

Thanks for the ping, Darius.

This is like the old joke about the definition of “A Start:”

“A busload of lawyers going over a cliff with one empty seat.”

They should have called for replacing the IRS with the FairTax and ABOLISHING THE IRS ALTOGETHER!

We’ll know they are serious when they do that and force a floor vote!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Get rid of the IRS and you will get rid of the ability to use it as a weapon.

[ncpatriot]

Yeah!!

[Jim Noble]

Purse string is controlled by the house Harry is irrelevant

Purse strings are controlled by the House only in a negative sense. If legislation cutting this funding does not pass (and it won't), then Obama will get a CR that allows the spending, and most Republicans will vote for it, as they have been doing since 2009.

[aimhigh]

IRS operating budget:
2012 - $12,515,092,000.
2013 - $12,792,690,000
2014 - $13,358,007,000 (requested)

If the House wants to punish them, it should cut 2 billion.