During a press conference, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy ripped into Biden. McCarthy declared the president’s goal of hiring 87,000 more IRS in order to go after Americans is “egregious.”
Other Republicans shared similar sentiments, declaring Biden’s looking for any dollars he can find to pay for a spending bill that will cost America trillions. Furthermore, the GOP repeatedly called out the Biden administration’s lie that the Build Back Better agenda won’t cost taxpayers money or run up the national deficit.
In a surprising plot twist, Republicans aren’t alone in opposing this proposal for the IRS to observe people’s private bank accounts. On Wednesday, 20 Democrats in Congress wrote to leaders in their party, detailing the various worries they have about this proposal’s infringements on privacy.
An unwanted, unpopular agenda
It speaks volumes that even the Democrat Party cannot find it within themselves to unify behind Biden’s agenda. This week, Biden met with progressive lawmakers to convince them to pass the Build Back Better plan.
