Representative Mike Johnson wants to cut funds to the IRS to balance out an appropriation to Israel. It's a bit disturbing in a number of ways, in the case of Johnson in particular. We'll go into that someplace else.
But as to cutting the IRS, well, that makes no sense to any semi sentient person who is awake and not on medication . . .unless you are part of the group of people who feels that the IRS is theft itself or that the Federal Government needs to be starved.
Well, here's a better idea for the populist dream. Cut Federal Funds to states.
Now, Louisiana is one of the states that's most dependent upon those funds. But so be it. Cutting funds lets Louisiana be Louisiana, hurricanes and all. After all, there's no reason that people in New Jersey should have to pay for Louisiana's being in a hurricane belt. They didn't put it there, now, did they? And back in the good ole' days, before all the Federal interference, Louisiana had to get by on its own. Sure, it was desperately poor (and frankly, it still has a lot of that), but people didn't have to see that due to the lack of highways.
Wyoming is also in the top ten on Federal largess, by the way. But hopefully the hard right can end that, and we'll be able to do away with highways also.
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