From the mouth of the IRS Commissioner:
— Brian Deese (@BrianDeeseNEC) June 12, 2021
“If you’re a wealthy cheat in a partnership, your odds of getting audited are slightly higher than your odds of getting hit by a meteorite.”https://t.co/urV3VURKb5
55 of the largest corporations in the U.S. paid no federal corporate income taxes last year, but spent nearly $450 million on lobbying. Outrageous. We must get big money out of politics and create an economy that works for all of us, not just the top 1%. https://t.co/gPrnihl2ou
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) June 10, 2021
“My intention as the author of the 2017 tax reform was not that multibillionaires ought to pay no taxes,” said Senator Toomey, Republican of Pennsylvaniahttps://t.co/dICZYgN7Lk
— Richard Tofel (@dicktofel) June 10, 2021
The rich are different from you and me: They live lavishly off of income that doesn't get taxed.*https://t.co/FbuuyjCYdy
— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) June 8, 2021
*Yes I am familiar with unrealized gains.
How the richest people on Earth avoid paying taxes | Analysis by CNN's Zachary B. Wolf https://t.co/qkYpN4abqN
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 9, 2021
Wow. Wow wow wow. What a story.https://t.co/5oemh571cF pic.twitter.com/ihgRSf5JWH
— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) June 8, 2021
Our tax code is littered with loopholes. They’re so big that Jeff Bezos could drive an Amazon truck or fly a rocket ship through them. Let’s raise opportunity for everyone in America by making billionaires and giant corporations pay their fair share.https://t.co/BzB8zdsXdP
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) June 13, 2021