• About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
Thursday, May 8, 2025
The Iowa Torch
  • Home
  • State Government
  • Federal Government
  • Local Government
  • Politics
  • Education
  • Opinion
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • State Government
  • Federal Government
  • Local Government
  • Politics
  • Education
  • Opinion
The Iowa Torch
The Iowa Torch
No Result
View All Result
Home Opinion

Ernst: It’s time to audit the IRS.

Joni Ernst: When it comes to taxes, the Biden administration’s motto is: rules for thee and not for me!

Joni ErnstbyJoni Ernst
April 25, 2023
in Opinion
Reading Time: 2 mins read
Ernst: It’s time to audit the IRS.

“In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes,” Benjamin Franklin once observed.

RELATED POSTS

Feenstra: Lowering the cost of childcare for our families

Grassley: History informs farm policies of today

Hendrickson: Iowa taxpayers win big in 2024

Turns out, he was only half right.

While Iowans sat down at the kitchen table to complete their tax forms before the filing deadline this past week, thousands of federal employees whose salaries are paid by those taxes did not bother.

That’s right, while you’re paying taxes and working to make ends meet, many federal employees—some making over $100,000 a year—are serial tax evaders. More than 1,200 IRS employees, including tax collectors, were delinquent in paying their own tax bills.

While the Biden administration is hiring over 87,000 new employees, including an army of auditors at the IRS, they can’t even get their current employees to follow the law and aren’t doing much to try. All while the agency plots to unleash their troops on everyday small businesses to audit their transactions.

It’s the perfect example of the misplaced priorities of President Biden and his crew of tax-evading bureaucrats.

ADVERTISEMENT

Federal employees should serve you, the taxpayer, not serve their own financial schemes. This belief that federal employees are above the law must end. That’s why, at my request, the Inspector General has agreed to conduct an audit of the IRS to investigate the fraudsters within their own agency. 

When it comes to taxes, the Biden administration’s motto is: rules for thee and not for me! I will continue to push for a complete audit of the IRS, expose their tax-evading employees, and shed light on the hypocrisy within our federal agencies. Too often those in Washington forget who they really work for, the taxpayers.

Tags: Biden AdministrationInternal Revenue ServiceJoni Ernst
ShareTweetShare
ADVERTISEMENT
Previous Post

Harris: How to win in Iowa

Next Post

Miller-Meeks: House Republicans’ First 100 Days in the Majority

Joni Ernst

Joni Ernst

Joni Ernst has represented Iowa in the U.S. Senate since 2015. A Republican from Red Oak, Ernst served in the Iowa State Senate from 2011 to 2014, and in the Iowa Army National Guard from 1993 to 2015, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.

Related Posts

Hinson: Use biofuels to bring down the cost of gas today
Federal Government

EPA issues emergency fuel waiver for E15 sales

April 19, 2024
Reynolds says she will sign biofuels bill
Opinion

Ernst: Give homegrown Iowa biofuels the green light

April 10, 2024
crop businessman giving contract to woman to sign
Opinion

Sherman: Iowa needs to stop Biden Administration from making life insurance unaffordable

April 5, 2024
close up photo of a wooden gavel
State Government

Iowa joins lawsuit challenging Biden’s student debt cancellation

April 4, 2024
Opinion

Ernst: Putting more farm in the Farm Bill

March 29, 2024
the united states capitol building in washington
Federal Government

Sarah’s Law passes House Judiciary Committee

March 29, 2024
Next Post
Miller-Meeks: House Republicans’ First 100 Days in the Majority

Miller-Meeks: House Republicans’ First 100 Days in the Majority

Hendrickson: Senator Josh Hawley’s conservative roadmap

Hendrickson: Senator Josh Hawley’s conservative roadmap

Recommended Articles

Axne Announces Bipartisan Bill to Expand Affordable Housing for Volunteer First Responders

Axne Announces Bipartisan Bill to Expand Affordable Housing for Volunteer First Responders

July 8, 2021

Hinson Co-Sponsors Bills to Make Small Business Tax Relief Permanent

March 5, 2021
Reynolds joins bipartisan opposition to Biden Administration’s Space Force proposal

Reynolds joins bipartisan opposition to Biden Administration’s Space Force proposal

May 1, 2024

Popular Stories

  • Three LGTBQ Books with Sexually Explicit Material Pulled from Waukee School

    Three LGTBQ Books with Sexually Explicit Material Pulled from Waukee School

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Editorial: Johnston School Board can’t legally deny a TPUSA chapter

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Hendrickson: John Calvin’s contribution to liberty

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Iowa Dept. of Health & Human Services fill two leadership roles

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Rozenboom: Reflecting on the First Week of the 2021 Legislative Session

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
The Iowa Torch

The Iowa Torch​ is a for-profit, news organization that focuses on political news as it relates to Iowans

Categories

  • Current Events
  • Education
  • Federal Government
  • Iowa History
  • Local Government
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Politics
  • State Government

Newsletter

© 2022 The Iowa Torch, a publication of 4:15 Communications, LLC.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • State Government
  • Federal Government
  • Local Government
  • Politics
  • Education
  • Opinion

© 2022 The Iowa Torch, a publication of 4:15 Communications, LLC.