Rep. Nehls introduces Spend It At Home Act for taxpayer preference

Yesterday, Congressman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) introduced the Spend It At Home Act in Washington, D.C. This act would allow taxpayers to indicate whether their federal income taxes should be used for domestic or international purposes. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) would then make that data available at the end of the calendar year.

The introduction of this bill comes on the heels of the passage of a $95 billion supplemental funding package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Notably absent from this package was any direct funding for America's southern border, which has seen over 9.2 million undocumented immigrants cross since President Joe Biden took office.

“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 illegal aliens are flooding across our own,” said Congressman Nehls. “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. I always put America First, and I hope the data produced by this legislation will encourage my colleagues to do the same.”

The funds needed to implement this program would come from unobligated funds from the Inflation Reduction Act. These funds could potentially be used to hire 87,000 new IRS agents.

Congressman Barry Moore (R-AL-02) is an original cosponsor of the Spend It At Home Act. He stated: “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. This legislation gives taxpayers a chance to make their voices heard on where their hard-earned money is being spent.”