{"id":30874,"date":"2017-05-23T11:26:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T15:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30874"},"modified":"2017-05-23T11:31:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T15:31:53","slug":"bringing-the-federal-budget-under-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=30874","title":{"rendered":"Bringing The Federal Budget Under Control"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Examiner<\/a> reported yesterday that one of the steps President Trump will be taking to help balance the budget next year will be reining in tax payments to illegal immigrants<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Trump’s fiscal 2018 budget, set to be released Tuesday, will set higher eligibility standards for the earned income tax credit<\/a> and the child tax credit, Office of Management and Budget<\/a> Director Mick Mulvaney<\/a> said Monday. According to the administration, the measures will save $40 billion over 10 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In May 2014, The Washington Examiner<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n

The Treasury Department<\/a> has released<\/a> its latest report<\/a> on the fight against widespread fraud in the Earned Income Tax Credit program. The problem is, fraud is still winning. And there\u2019s not even much of a fight.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Internal Revenue Service<\/a> continues to make little progress in reducing improper payments of Earned Income Tax Credits<\/a>,\u201d a press release from Treasury\u2019s inspector general<\/a> for Tax Administration<\/a> says. \u201cThe IRS estimates that 22 to 26 percent of EITC payments were issued improperly in Fiscal Year 2013. The dollar value of these improper payments was estimated to be between $13.3 billion and $15.6 billion.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

There is no reason to continue funding tax fraud.<\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Some anti-illegal immigration groups have said that allowing workers to claim credits without providing a Social Security number<\/a> amounts to paying illegal immigrants to stay in the country. Conservative lawmakers also have favored tightening the restrictions as a matter of fiscal conservatism.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Liberal groups, though, argue that illegal immigrants pay taxes, such as payroll taxes for Social Security, for which they won’t get benefits. More generally, the low-income tax credits generally benefit needy families, even if they technically did not qualify for the benefits they received.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why are we running huge budget deficits to pay benefits to people who are not eligible to receive them? This doesn’t make sense to me. It would be nice to see that change.<\/p>\n

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