Since news broke out that the FBI searched President Donald Trump’s South Florida home, some members of Congress have launched a new line of attack against their rivals: that the Internal Revenue Service intends to use nearly $80 billion in new funding to pursue similar intrusions on average Americans. Those dollars, some are saying, will go toward the hiring of 87,000 new IRS agents.
As people of faith, we must be particularly concerned about Section 9 of
H.R. 5, which would deny all US citizens the protections of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Do you make $75,000 or less?”
tweeted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. “Democrats’ new army of 87,000 IRS agents will be coming for you—with 710,000 new audits for Americans who earn less than $75k.” Richard Grenell, former Acting Director of National Intelligence, wrote on the social media platform: “The FBI raids Trump’s house and the Democrats vote to add 87,000 new IRS agents to go after Americans. Wake up, America.”
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