Rick Scott announces bill to ‘protect and preserve’ entitlements by yanking funds for 87k IRS agents

Florida Sen. Rick Scott this week announced a proposed bill that would protect federal old-age entitlements in part by rolling back funding for tens of thousands of new tax enforcement agents.

Scott on his Senate website said his proposed legislation would "safeguard the benefits" of Medicare and Social Security, funding for which he claimed President Joe Biden has a history of cutting.

The bill in part would "rescind funding for Joe Biden’s new 87,000 IRS agent army and redirect those funds to Medicare and Social Security to shore up these programs and address threats of insolvency," Scott said.

Another provision in the law would mandate that "if any bill makes changes to Medicare that result in a ‘savings’ every dollar of those savings must remain in Medicare."

Finally, the bill would stipulate that if "any legislation will cause a cut or reduction in Medicare or Social Security, this rule will force two thirds of Congress to vote to approve it, making it much more difficult for Congress to make cuts or reduce benefits."

Scott's office said the proposal would "protect seniors from Washington’s dysfunction and the pain caused by President Joe Biden’s raging inflation crisis."