White House Adviser Says ‘No’ to Spending Cuts, but ‘Yes’ to Tougher IRS Enforcement Discussions

A White House adviser said “no” to future spending cuts, but “yes” to tougher Internal Revenue Service enforcement talks.
On Jan. 18, Jared Bernstein, a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, told MSNBC’s Katy Tur that the Biden administration does not think it is the right time for Congress to discuss government spending cuts in the context of raising the debt ceiling.
However, he said that the White House is willing to talk about “raising the revenue that is owed to us” via IRS enforcement to “make sure people are paying, especially those in the top 1 percent, paying what they owe.”…}