Kay Sweet
@kaysweet.bsky.social
Tax Expert, Native Kansan, music aficionado & news junkie.
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Today Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee advanced a bill to cut taxes for the rich while raising taxes for many working Americans.
Democrats fought for 17+ hours to protect Americans’ health care, lower costs, and support working people, while Republicans fought to protect the wealthy.
Democrats fought for 17+ hours to protect Americans’ health care, lower costs, and support working people, while Republicans fought to protect the wealthy.
Press Release from @beyer.house.gov (from earlier today): Republicans Advance Bill That Hikes Taxes For Working People And Cuts Taxes For Billionaires beyer.house.gov/news/documen...
May 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Today Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee advanced a bill to cut taxes for the rich while raising taxes for many working Americans.
Democrats fought for 17+ hours to protect Americans’ health care, lower costs, and support working people, while Republicans fought to protect the wealthy.
Democrats fought for 17+ hours to protect Americans’ health care, lower costs, and support working people, while Republicans fought to protect the wealthy.
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This isn't just tax "loop holes," it's tax fraud and tax evasion.
We need a fully staffed and functional IRS to make sure everyone pays their fair share of taxes. You shouldn't be able to hide money just because you're wealthy enough to hire these bankers.
#TaxSky #TaxBS
We need a fully staffed and functional IRS to make sure everyone pays their fair share of taxes. You shouldn't be able to hide money just because you're wealthy enough to hire these bankers.
#TaxSky #TaxBS
NEWS: Wyden Investigation Leads to $511 Million Settlement Agreement By Credit Suisse For Helping the Ultra-Wealthy Evade Taxes; Wyden Calls for Criminal Prosecution of Bankers And Advisors Who Facilitated Tax-Evasion Schemes
Wyden Investigation Leads to $511 Million Settlement Agreement By Credit Suisse For Helping the Ultra-Wealthy Evade Taxes; Wyden Calls for Criminal Prosecution of Bankers And Advisors Who Facilitated ...
Wyden Investigation Leads to $511 Million Settlement Agreement By Credit Suisse For Helping the Ultra-Wealthy Evade Taxes; Wyden Calls for Criminal Prosecution of Bankers And Advisors Who Facilitated ...
www.finance.senate.gov
May 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Some say Trump likes tariffs for their own sake; some say it’s for negotiation.
Whichever theory you prefer, the sudden retreat on tariffs on consumer electronics from China gives you evidence for how it’s going.
Whichever theory you prefer, the sudden retreat on tariffs on consumer electronics from China gives you evidence for how it’s going.
April 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Some say Trump likes tariffs for their own sake; some say it’s for negotiation.
Whichever theory you prefer, the sudden retreat on tariffs on consumer electronics from China gives you evidence for how it’s going.
Whichever theory you prefer, the sudden retreat on tariffs on consumer electronics from China gives you evidence for how it’s going.
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A corrupt, authoritarian government seizes an innocent man, tortures and jails him on trumped-up charges that change during a manipulated "legal" process. The prisoner is left at the mercy of dehumanizing politicians & jailers to do with what they please.
Holy Week then. America now.
Holy Week then. America now.
April 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A corrupt, authoritarian government seizes an innocent man, tortures and jails him on trumped-up charges that change during a manipulated "legal" process. The prisoner is left at the mercy of dehumanizing politicians & jailers to do with what they please.
Holy Week then. America now.
Holy Week then. America now.
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New analysis says ~2/3 of unpaid taxes come from the top 10% of households, w/ 28% coming from the top 1%.
The GOP CR would cut $20.2 billion of IRS funding for catching rich tax cheats - because the GOP is laser-focused on helping the rich cheat on their taxes.
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/rev...
The GOP CR would cut $20.2 billion of IRS funding for catching rich tax cheats - because the GOP is laser-focused on helping the rich cheat on their taxes.
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/rev...
March 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
New analysis says ~2/3 of unpaid taxes come from the top 10% of households, w/ 28% coming from the top 1%.
The GOP CR would cut $20.2 billion of IRS funding for catching rich tax cheats - because the GOP is laser-focused on helping the rich cheat on their taxes.
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/rev...
The GOP CR would cut $20.2 billion of IRS funding for catching rich tax cheats - because the GOP is laser-focused on helping the rich cheat on their taxes.
budgetlab.yale.edu/research/rev...
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These tariffs are going to change your life in fundamental ways.
April 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
These tariffs are going to change your life in fundamental ways.
From Jim McLean of the Kansas News Service.
April 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
From Jim McLean of the Kansas News Service.
“Slashing the IRS workforce is a handout for the rich: the top 10% of earners account for 64% of unpaid taxes in the US, and the top 1% accounts for a whopping 28%.” -Steven Rattner
March 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“Slashing the IRS workforce is a handout for the rich: the top 10% of earners account for 64% of unpaid taxes in the US, and the top 1% accounts for a whopping 28%.” -Steven Rattner
“Just one example of how breaking the government can be the opposite of efficiency: Trump’s push to layoff half of the IRS workforce would cost the govt $350B over 10 years, as the revenue lost from unpaid taxes is about 9x the amount saved from layoffs.”—Steven Rattner
March 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
“Just one example of how breaking the government can be the opposite of efficiency: Trump’s push to layoff half of the IRS workforce would cost the govt $350B over 10 years, as the revenue lost from unpaid taxes is about 9x the amount saved from layoffs.”—Steven Rattner
March 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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🚨 BREAKING: Another one of Elon Musk’s taxpayer-funded Starship rockets just exploded—AGAIN.
How many billions are we wasting on this failure factory?
Everything Musk touches blows up, catches fire, or crashes—including the Trump Administration.
How many billions are we wasting on this failure factory?
Everything Musk touches blows up, catches fire, or crashes—including the Trump Administration.
March 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Another one of Elon Musk’s taxpayer-funded Starship rockets just exploded—AGAIN.
How many billions are we wasting on this failure factory?
Everything Musk touches blows up, catches fire, or crashes—including the Trump Administration.
How many billions are we wasting on this failure factory?
Everything Musk touches blows up, catches fire, or crashes—including the Trump Administration.
Do you own crypto? Even if you don’t, when a Nobel prizing winning economist (and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize) warns us that Trump is about to pull off the biggest heist in history, we should listen. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-p...
Trump Is Planning the Biggest Heist in History
The “strategic crypto reserve” will be a giant rug pull scam
paulkrugman.substack.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Do you own crypto? Even if you don’t, when a Nobel prizing winning economist (and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize) warns us that Trump is about to pull off the biggest heist in history, we should listen. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-is-p...
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An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.
DOGE's savings page fixed old mistakes — and added new ones
An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.
www.npr.org
March 2, 2025 at 9:10 PM
An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.
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Per Margaret Brennan of CBS: “The FDA vaccine committee meeting on how to update next season's flu vaccine was abruptly cancelled today with no explanation, CBS confirms via Dr Paul Offit.”
February 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Per Margaret Brennan of CBS: “The FDA vaccine committee meeting on how to update next season's flu vaccine was abruptly cancelled today with no explanation, CBS confirms via Dr Paul Offit.”