Trump wants to cut taxes for the rich even more if elected again
The former president's economic advisers reportedly want to slash the corporate tax rate to 15%.
By Emily Singer - September 11, 2023The former president's economic advisers reportedly want to slash the corporate tax rate to 15%.
By Emily Singer - September 11, 2023Passing more tax cuts would likely increase the deficit, which the GOP just spent months railing against.
By Emily Singer - June 08, 2023A Congressional Budget Office analysis shows congressional Republicans cannot get to a balanced budget in 10 years without unpopular cuts or higher taxes.
By Josh Israel - March 15, 2023The Florida Republican senator, whose estimated net worth is $200 billion, also falsely accused Democrats of cutting funds for the Medicare program he is trying to sunset.
By Josh Israel - January 27, 2023The Wisconsin Republican is one of the nation’s wealthiest senators, with an estimated net worth of more than $48 million in 2020.
By Josh Israel - October 26, 2022The Pennsylvania Senate candidate opposes recent tax changes that benefited poorer and middle-income Americans, but not those that benefited wealthier people and businesses.
By Josh Israel - September 23, 2022Forty-three million Americans owe money on federal student loans.
By Oliver Willis - August 25, 2022The Wisconsin Republican senator benefits from a federal tax cut law he helped pass and faces criticism of his habit of billing taxpayers for vacation flights.
By Josh Israel - June 02, 2022Walker took in $4 million — more than 64 times Georgia’s median household income — a year ago.
By Josh Israel - April 28, 2022Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein just gave nearly $280,000 to the Ron Johnson Victory joint fundraising committee.
By Josh Israel - April 20, 2022Almost $8 trillion of the national debt was added by former President Donald Trump — with the GOP’s help.
By Josh Israel - February 08, 2022Rep. Jason Smith and Sen. Lindsey Graham claim that Democrats’ true ‘legislative intent’ is to make the Build Back Better plan’s temporary programs permanent.
By Josh Israel - November 10, 2021Former Trump economic adviser Stephen Moore is bringing his regressive tax philosophy to the Virginia governor’s race.
By Nick Vachon - October 14, 2021A recent report showed that many billionaires pay a lower tax rate than the average person making $45,000.
By Josh Israel - October 08, 2021The White House has said President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan is fully paid for.
By Josh Israel - October 07, 2021The Congressional Budget Office warned the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act would add way more to the deficit, but they backed it anyway.
By Josh Israel - August 06, 2021Rep. James Comer voted for President Donald Trump’s tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
By Josh Israel - June 15, 2021The very wealthy got most of the benefits under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.
By Josh Israel - June 04, 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, 2021Fifty-five of America’s biggest companies paid no income tax at all last year.
By Donna Provencher - April 08, 2021A new study says the richest 1% of Americans are hiding 21% of their income from the IRS.
By Donna Provencher - March 22, 2021But this time the people at the very top get no tax cut.
By Josh Israel - March 09, 2021Senate Republicans cry partisanship at the idea that Democrats will use the same parliamentary procedures they did.
By Josh Israel - February 02, 2021