Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) introduced a bill Wednesday endeavoring to hand control of tax dollars over to Americans.
Named the “Spend It At Home Act,” the legislation would require the United States Department of the Treasury to allow taxpayers to decide whether they would like their taxes to be used for domestic or international purposes on federal income tax forms.
Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) co-sponsored the legislation.
“I’ve heard time and time again from my constituents that they are sick and tired of paying taxes to secure Ukraine’s borders, as millions of aliens are flooding across our own,” Nehls said to the Daily Mail.
“Requiring two boxes on the federal income tax form asking Americans whether they would want their hard-earned dollars spent at home or abroad is a simple solution to show Chuck Schumer and others waiving Ukrainian flags on the House floor that we are not doing the will of the American people.”
The legislation appears to be a response to a gigantic $95 billion approved for foreign aid to Israel, Ukraine and others. Many Republicans fought House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) push for the package, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was incensed enough to call for his removal.
A common argument for Republicans unwilling to pass the aid package was that the money was better spent in the U.S. — this bill would give control to taxpayers over whether it is or directed overseas. About half of federal income tax last year was from individual tax payers, around $2.2 trillion.
“Nearly half of American taxpayers have said the federal government is sending too much money to Ukraine, but President Biden and the uniparty just defied them and sent another $61 billion anyway,” Moore told DailyMail.com in a statement.
“This legislation gives taxpayers a chance to make their voices heard on where their hard-earned money is being spent.”
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Republicans have a majority in the House, but do not in the Senate, making the bill unlikely to pass.
“I always put America First, and I hope the data produced by this legislation will encourage my colleagues to do the same,” he said.
