Democrats are waltzing toward a political disaster with their COVID bill.

The problem? With tax season underway, millions of Americans who lost their jobs thanks to the coronavirus crisis might soon discover that they unexpectedly owe thousands of dollars to the IRS. Lawmakers could prevent this wave of surprise tax bills by adding a fix to the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package that's currently moving through Congress. But so far, efforts to do so seem to be stalling out.

I started an r/politics thread. Non-spoiler alert - it's getting downvoted and going nowhere.

  • adfsadfsadfsadf [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    A reply in my r/politics thread...

    Income is taxable. Unemployment checks are income. It sucks for people that did not understand that. Changing the tax laws at this point would be a political disaster and hold up the COVID bill. This article sucks.