Michelle Steel: “Today is tax day, the deadline for over 200 million Americans to file their taxes. Over the past year, responsible…”

“Today is tax day, the deadline for over 200 million Americans to file their taxes. Over the past year, responsible, hardworking families across the Nation created a budget, sacrificed to stick to that budget, and paid what they must by law to the government. Meanwhile, their government spent taxpayer dollars recklessly, resulting in a national deficit that is over $31 trillion. That is approximately $250,000 per taxpayer. My friends on the other side of the aisle claimed that they would close the gap by raising taxes and hiring an army of 87,000 new IRS agents to increase audits, especially on hardworking families making less than $100,000 a year. Collecting more taxes from hardworking Americans will not fix the Federal Government's irresponsibility. While California suffers from the highest income tax rate in the country, the State's reckless spending resulted in a deficit of $22.5 billion. High taxes and reckless spending will not solve our Nation's problems. That is why the House of Representatives passed my bill with Representative Adrian Smith to defund the IRS's plan to hire 87,000 new agents. The IRS exists to serve the American people, not target them. More taxes and more spending will only result in a higher deficit and a broken economy that will weigh on the backs of our children and grandchildren. ____________________”