Republicans demand jail for leaking the tax records of billionaires

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky on Monday called for legal action against anyone who was responsible for leaking the tax records of the super wealthy to ProPublica.

On Monday, McConnell, in addition to Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Mike Crapo of Idaho, sent a letter asking the Justice Department to investigate the leak  to and demand those responsible be prosecuted and and jailed.
"Taxpayers have the right to expect that any information they provide to the IRS will not be disclosed unless authorized by the taxpayer or by law," they wrote.


ProPublica reported how high earners have avoided paying a substantial amount of income taxes.

 

During an interview McConnell rebuked the disclosure of the tax records of some of the most affluent Americans.
"My guess is the IRS, somebody at the IRS leaked this in order to affect the tax debate and remind people that there are some very wealthy Americans,"
"There are some very wealthy Americans. But it's important to remember we don't tax wealth."
He added: "Our tax returns are, by law, confidential because of just this kind of shenanigans. These people ought to, whoever did this, ought to be hunted down and thrown into jail."

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I don't imagine there will be much support amongst the public for this

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2 minutes ago, Lady Ava Gaga Max said:

"There are some very wealthy Americans. But it's important to remember we don't tax wealth."

What kind of LSD trip...

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3 minutes ago, Lady Ava Gaga Max said:

"There are some very wealthy Americans. But it's important to remember we don't tax wealth."

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What a joke of a country  we live in a satire

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Why put them in jail if we can #EATTHERICH

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They should get audited too.

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OH please. 

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Yes...expose the bias and hypocrisy 

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we don't tax wealth HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHFAIFBSVH RIVBENTIURT BIZERG EIV EBIRUE45G983GN9WAPFUGINOEG

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That rotting turtle carcass can eat a d*ck tbh. A fifth of every single paycheck I get is taken by the government and I'm hovering around the poverty line as it is. Meanwhile, Jeff Bezos is wealthy enough to vacation to low Earth orbit and he pays nothing?

He's right that some people deserve to be locked up in jail but it ain't the ones who leaked the tax records

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Throw the ones in jail that didn’t pay their taxes, or have them pay up, why should the insanely rich be exempt from following rules & laws/paying taxes yet the poor are not. They can obey & be accountable to the laws then we can hold those accountable that violated tax privacy acts. They can be accountable first! They capitalize off us then we get raped by taxes. Noooooo! It’s their turn.

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“We don’t tax wealth” 

And that’s why this place is a massive **** hole, Mitch! 

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I'm surprised there isn't anyone defending the rich yet