Why are republicans' hell bent on stopping the IRS from collecting taxes owed by the top 1% . "I’m not calling for redistribution. That entails giving up something that is mine and that I’ve earned. What I’m talking about is less rich aid and more poor aid. There was a study published recently showing that if just the top 1% of us just paid the taxes we owe — so not pay more taxes, but just stop evading tax bills — we as a nation could raise $175 billion more every year. That’s almost enough to pull everyone out of poverty. Quote is Matthew Desmond Pulitzer Price Wining Author,