Joe Biden vows to veto GOP bill that would eliminate IRS
The president called Republicans "fiscally demented" for introducing a bill that the GOP considers "pro-growth, non-discriminatory, unintrusive and FAIR."
President Joe Biden said the Republican Party is "fiscally demented" for proposing a bill that would eliminate the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and income taxes.
The president expressed concern about the Republican plan that would end the IRS and income taxes in favor of what would be called the "Fair Tax," essentially a national sales tax administered by the states:
Biden would veto any Republican proposal
The Fair Tax Act was introduced by Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) as a way to ease the tax burden on Americans. The bill "will invigorate the American taxpayer and help more Americans achieve the American Dream," according to a press release:
The new plan would eliminate all personal and corporate income taxes, the estate tax, gift taxes and the payroll tax. "It is the only tax system that is simple, efficient, friendly to economic growth, non-discriminatory, unintrusive, and FAIR," says Carter.
The president spoke about GOP economic proposals during a speech for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The president argued that the IRS needed additional agents and vowed to veto any of the Republican proposals to cut funding or end the IRS:
You know, all these new IRS agents we have is because they fired a lot of them, and a lot are retiring. ... Let me be clear: If any of these bills happen to reach my desk, I will veto them, any of them.
Even if the bill were to pass the House, it would likely not pass the Democrat-led Senate.