Republicans renew attacks over national debt they helped create
Almost $8 trillion of the national debt was added by former President Donald Trump — with the GOP’s help.
By Josh Israel - February 08, 2022Almost $8 trillion of the national debt was added by former President Donald Trump — with the GOP’s help.
By Josh Israel - February 08, 2022The White House has said President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan is fully paid for.
By Josh Israel - October 07, 2021House Republicans are outraged that President Joe Biden plans to roll back parts of the 2017 Trump tax cuts.
By Josh Israel - September 02, 2021Most GOP backers of a resolution to declare the national debt a ‘national security threat’ also backed Donald Trump’s tax cuts.
By Josh Israel - May 21, 2021All five of the Republicans who are demanding a new debt commission voted recently to try to make Donald Trump’s tax cuts permanent.
By Josh Israel - April 16, 2021But this time the people at the very top get no tax cut.
By Josh Israel - March 09, 2021Republicans in the Senate want to permanently extend parts of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017.
By Josh Israel - February 05, 2021They’ve spent $5.5 million in support of Sens. Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, and David Perdue.
By Josh Israel - October 20, 2020Trump promised annual growth of more than 4%. His Council of Economic Advisers just predicted this year won’t even reach 2.5%.
By Josh Israel - February 20, 2020Donald Trump promised his tax cuts would bring 4%, 5%, and maybe even 6% growth. He got just 2.1% last quarter.
By Josh Israel - January 30, 2020Much of the deficit has been fueled by Trump’s massive tax cuts for the rich.
By Josh Israel - January 14, 2020Republicans promised that the tax law would be a boon to American workers, but that hasn’t happened.
By Oliver Willis - December 16, 2019Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said he was ‘proud to have stood up for fiscal sanity’ since becoming a congressman, despite openly supporting the deficit-busting tax legislation.
By Josh Israel - November 12, 2019Trump frequently hammered Obama and Clinton over the national debt, but those concerns seemed to vanish as soon as he took office.
By Josh Israel - October 29, 2019Republicans eliminated the state and local tax deduction, which disproportionally hurt taxpayers in blue states.
By Associated Press - October 22, 2019The Trump administration released the analysis during National School Lunch Week.
By Emily Singer - October 16, 2019$100 billion is actually much less than $1 trillion.
By Josh Israel - October 03, 2019Remember when he pledged a surprise tax cut for the middle class before the 2018 midterm elections? Don’t expect this one to happen either.
By Josh Israel - September 13, 2019Trump’s escalating trade war with China completely wipes out the minuscule benefit most families would see from the GOP tax bill.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 05, 2019The senators, led by Ted Cruz (R-TX), claimed the move would benefit the economy, despite all the evidence to the contrary.
By Mike Stankiewicz - July 31, 2019Economic growth slowed between 2017 and 2018, the first year after the Republican tax bill was signed into law.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 26, 2019GOP hard-liners are saying the deal is ‘fiscally irresponsible’ and should be vetoed.
By Mike Stankiewicz - July 23, 2019Trump really wants the super-rich to get another break.
By Oliver Willis - June 28, 2019Sen. Chuck Grassley is upset that nonpartisan research debunked his lies about the GOP tax scam.
By Oliver Willis - June 24, 2019The man who came up with the debunked economic theory that Republicans have used to justify tax cuts will be honored by Trump.
By Emily Singer - June 19, 2019