Former IRS whistleblower says government will target middle class under Dems' inflation bill: It's 'bulls-- 

Billionaires are probably 'sitting back laughing right now,' former IRS lawyer William Henck tells FOX Business 

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William Henck, a former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) lawyer who was forced out after making allegations of internal malfeasance, said the government will target middle-income Americans with new audits under the Inflation Reduction Act.

Henck, who worked at the IRS for 30 years until departing in 2017, slammed the IRS and others who have argued additional funding would only result in increased audits for billionaires and corporations. The Inflation Reduction Act, which President Biden is slated to sign into law this week, would nearly double the IRS' budget, appropriating an additional $79 billion to the agency over the next decade.

"The idea that they're going to open things up and go after these big billionaires and large corporations is quite frankly bulls--t," Henck told FOX Business in an interview. "It's not going to happen. They're going to give themselves bonuses and promotions and really nice conferences." Read  more and see video here.

Good Morning, Let's Celebrate Liz Cheney's Political Funeral Today

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We’ve said this many times before, and it didn’t have to be this way, Liz. If you just listened to your constituents and not picked a fight with the leader of the Republican Party, Donald Trump, none of this would have happened. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) will get throttled tonight as her state’s GOP voters head to the polls to rid themselves of this miserable woman. The congresswoman, who is part of a political powerhouse family in the state, had many opportunities to change course and save herself, but she opted to join the Democrats in their destructive campaign against the former president. 

What’s always baffled me about the anti-Trump wing of the Republican Party, who are blessedly few in number, is the near-obsessive nature of the hatred. The Democrats’ vitriol towards George W. Bush was intense, but it pales compared to the incessant and ongoing attacks Trump must endure, and from his own party no less. Some aspects of Trump’s personality are a tad off-putting, but there’s...Read more, see tweet and video here.

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