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Don't Pass Huge Tax Cuts for the Wealthy on the Backs of Working People
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Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate have proposed a job-killing tax plan that favors the super-rich and wealthy corporations over working people. We cannot afford to let this bill become law.
Here's why this plan is a bad idea:
Millions of working people would pay more. People making under $40,000 would be worse off, on average, in 2021; and people making under $75,000 would be worse off, on average, in 2027.
The super-rich and Wall Street would make out like bandits. The richest 0.1% would get an average tax cut of more than $208,000, and 62% of the benefits of the Senate bill would go to the richest 1%. Big banks, hedge funds and other Wall Street firms would be the biggest beneficiaries of key provisions of the bill.
Job-killing tax breaks for outsourcing. The Republican tax plan would lower the U.S. tax rate on offshore profits to zero, giving corporations more incentive to move American jobs offshore.
Working people would lose health care. Thirteen million people would lose health insurance, and health care...
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The politically active Koch brothers will have no seat on the board and no influence on editorial or management, Meredith Corp. said.
The politically active Koch brothers will have no seat on the board and no influence on editorial or management, Meredith Corp. said.
