Republicans are mad that Biden's infrastructure plan would go after tax cheats

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Instead, a group of 10 Republican and Democratic senators agreed on a plan to boost enforcement by half of Biden's initial request to help fund $567 billion in new transportation, broadband, and water system infrastructure spending.
55% : The White House says $40 billion in spending to improve tax law enforcement would more than pay for itself, bringing in $140 billion.
51% : A provision in the bipartisan Senate infrastructure bill announced on June 24 would provide for investing more money in enforcement of laws targeting top earners who evade payment of taxes.
51% : According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, between 2010 and 2018, the budget for enforcement dropped 24%, the number of enforcement personnel drop 31%, and the audit rate for millionaires dropped 61%.
44% : "Why don't we collect some of that before we raise taxes on the people that are already paying?"
42% : People earning under $400,000 -- as long as they're tax compliant -- are gonna be less likely to be audited.

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