The IRS is warning that refunds will be delayed due to the latest batch of cuts to the IRS budget. It means reduced audits of businesses, and a reduction of revenue from tax revenues that would otherwise be collected through the audit process.

This is what the GOP wrought with their incessant plans to bleed the IRS dry and tax cuts that benefit a select few.

The GOP is not interested in governance and limited government. Those buzzwords are a cover for disassembling the safety net and government programs that most people in this country take for granted. They turn the IRS into a bogeyman for all that is wrong with government, ignoring that tax revenues are critical to funding government and the constitutional requirements of Congress - to protect and defend the nation, to assure health and welfare of the people, etc.

The GOP talks about how tax cuts for the wealthy will bolster the economy, even though 30 years of trickle down have shown that to be a lie - the very voodoo economics that GHWB warned about. It’s a mirage, but one that still gets lots of people to buy into the dream. It’s a mirage that the GOP cultivates and uses to gain tax cuts for a select few and pushes government at all levels into making budget busting decisions.

That’s not to say that Democrats haven’t tried their hand at tax cuts as well, but when you look at who benefits, the Democrats have generally provided a more progressive set of cuts that isn’t nearly as budget-busting as Republican plans and the burden of the tax revenues is on those who can most afford it.