Sen. Barrasso says Dems need ‘40 different taxes’ to pay for $3.5T reconciliation bill

Senator John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Argues that President Biden wants to “hold everyone responsible for everything, not the man in the mirror”.

A US $ 3.5 trillion reconciliation bill proposed by the Democrats will take “40 different taxes” to pay, with additional money going to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for its agents to use in American bank accounts Senator John Barrasso said Sunday.

The Wyoming Republican, who is the third-ranking member of the GOP’s Senate leadership, told Sunday Morning Futures host Maria Bartiromo that the Democrats will need “massive taxes” to pay the proposed package.

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“We’re talking about 40 different taxes, including all of this extra money for the IRS,” Barrasso said. “Janet Yellen, the Treasury Secretary, wants to hire an army of IRS agents to spy on Americans’ checking and bank accounts.”

Barrasso said the 2,500-page bill – which costs about $ 1,400,000,000 per page – will “massively expand” the role of government in American lives.

“Its goal is to take over the entire life of the American people, which is why I call it ‘Big Government Socialism,’ and it is an expansion of government and an addiction to government like we have never considered or seen before.” said Barrasso.

He also called the bill an “attack on American energy” that will increase energy costs, including at pumps that have seen prices rise across the country.

Former CBO director and president of the American Action Forum, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, argues that the draft massive reconciliation law is “miserable” and may not get passed immediately.

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“Joe Biden has surrendered to this socialist wing of the party, even hostage bridges, ports, airport highways, things that the American people really want,” he added.

Progressive Democrats have refused to agree to an infrastructure deal until a reconciliation package is passed.

Barrasso also blew Biden up, calling him “an incredibly shrinking President of the United States” who, amid several ongoing crises including Afghanistan, the southern border, inflation and a disappointing job report, “politically faces blazing flames around him is”. with COVID-19.