President Biden took office promising to restore unity in America, noting during his inaugural address that in these complex times, only “unity is the way forward.”
But Biden has repeatedly shown that his promise to unite the country was hollow.
But in some cases it achieved its goal, but not in the way intended.
New Michigan MRI Survey found that one of the tenets of his Build Back Better agenda overwhelmingly united voters “of all political stripes and demographics” — contradicting Biden’s plan to share personal banking information with the IRS.
The question read: “Under President Biden’s Build Back Better Plan, financial institutions would be required to report to the IRS information about individual bank accounts with incoming or outgoing transactions of more than $600 per year. Do you support or oppose this policy? that financial institutions share account information with the IRS? [IF SUPPORT / OPPOSE, ASK:] Would it be definitely (support/oppose) or just certain (support/oppose)?”
In a poll conducted Oct. 18-24, 82 percent of Michigan respondents opposed the plan and 73 percent strongly opposed it. Only 14 percent expressed support for this proposal.
“Michigan voters see this as a clear government reallocation of resources that, if passed, could become a campaign issue,” Tom Shields, senior advisor for MRG, LLC, said in a statement.
Although the Treasury Department announced last week that it had raised the threshold from $600 to $10,000, Republicans argued that it made no difference.
Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN): “Whether it’s $600 or $10,000, it’s just a game. They are playing with numbers. The bottom line is that this will attack every law-abiding American where it counts.”
Ohio State Senator Michael Rulli: “Whether it’s $600 or $10,000, the IRS has NO company monitoring your bank account.”
Senator Steve Daines (R-MT): “The last thing Montanans want is the IRS spying on their bank account. “Whether it is $600 or $10,000, the IRS should not stick its nose into the lives of everyday Montanans.”
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC): “I don’t care if it’s $1, $10, $1,000, or even $100,000 – the IRS should stop trying to spy on American citizens.”
