[z3n]

Are the kind of people getting $600 checks/payments really even paying much in taxes anyway?

Something smells like fishy ulteriors

[alancarp]

"Yellen told Lummis she disagreed with the senator's assessment, suggesting that Lummis might misunderstand the proposal."

Yeah, just like their side misunderstands the phrase "shall not be infringed."

[Mr. Jeeves]

"Do you distrust the American people so much that you need to know when they bought a couch? Or a cow?"

This is the right way - public ridicule. Of course, we are not hearing it from GOP leadership - so I assume they approve of the plan.

[Kenny500c]

The $600 is an annual limit so it would include just about everybody.

[Maceman]

If only millions of U.S. citizens could call a nationwide tax strike.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

This is completely nuts. Especially with people who have direct deposit and do online banking. Where is the GOP leadership on this?

[Clutch Martin]

600 bucks is a weird number.

Jokey musta come up with this all by his lonesome.

Reportin $10k is even lowballing it. A new set of energy efficient windows installed costs $25K.

[dware]

Take your $$$ out of the banks. Easy peasy.

[Erik Latranyi]

Every firearm purchase over $600 would be recorded by the federal gov’t.

Think about the profiles they can build about you if they know what you are spending money on. The data will go to Google for that profile building so every American is known.

[Newbomb Turk]

Everyone who collects a tax is an arm of the government weather they like it or not. Just think if you had to write that check to the IRS every month for your taxes instead of your employer taking it out. There would be riots in the street because people would see the true amount they are getting screwed for.

Congress just wants banks to be a bigger arm of the IRS. No more working for cash on the side unless you don’t deposit the money.

Next up, cashless society. Everything by bank card only.

[bk1000]

If they intend to tax my INCOME, it is none of their business what I spend the remainder on.

[Yo-Yo]

Instead of lowering the threshold from $10,000 to $600, they should be raising it.

The $10,000 bank transaction reporting threshold was established in 1970 to combat cash activities associated with criminal activity.

Based on inflation since 1970, that threshold should be raised to $70,506.

[JoJo354]

My question for Congress...will their banks have to report on their spending? Will that qualify for “public records”?

[Little Ray]

There is a ‘penumbra’ that finds a enough of a right to privacy somewhere in Bill of Rights to allow a woman to murder her offspring.
How is it that this ‘penumbra’ doesn’t protect a bank account?
The Federales should need a warrant to to look at your banking data.

[Tell It Right]

This $600 transaction scrutiny doesn’t apply if your name is either Hunter Biden or Big Guy.

[cuban leaf]

Heck, just use cash in a fake name. But if this ever does happen, anyone that calls this country a free country is insane or living in the distant past.

[lakecumberlandvet]

One of the best and simplest ways to make life better in America would be to get rid of the IRS. Taxing income and collecting personal data of citizens is and has always been unconstitutional and wrong.

[AppyPappy]

“suggesting that Lummis might misunderstand the proposal.”

Translation: I can’t explain why we are doing it