Republicans are pushing full steam ahead on their tax cut plan, despite polling that shows more Americans oppose rather than support the sweeping proposal to reduce corporate rates and some individual tax bills. In pushing so hard, Republicans are betting they can sell this plan to the skeptical public once […] Read more »
The Big Blue Losers in the GOP Tax Plans
It’s difficult to say whether the tax legislation Republicans are driving through Congress qualifies as a revenue bill—or an enemies list. It isn’t unusual for tax legislation to reward a political party’s supporters, and the GOP bill emphatically upholds that tradition by funneling its tax savings primarily toward business and […] Read more »
A middle-class tax cut? Hardly.
President Trump and his Republicans are still trying to sell their tax bill as a “middle class tax cut.” The middle class isn’t buying it—but that won’t stop Congress from passing some version of their plan. … Even before the House and Senate unveiled their bills, about half of registered […] Read more »
Democrats see backlash over Republicans’ tax bill as a key to winning in the suburbs
For decades, the battle lines in New England’s most politically conservative state were clear. Republicans ran on tax cuts. Democrats ran on targeted tax credits. Both parties kept New Hampshire free of a state income or sales tax, blurring some distinctions for suburban voters. Then came the Republican tax plan […] Read more »
Here’s the incredibly unpopular GOP tax reform plan — in one graph
A Republican tax plan has passed the House, but obstacles remain in the Senate. One of those obstacles: The plan appears to be not just unpopular, but also distinctively — almost historically — unpopular. My fellow George Washington University political scientist Chris Warshaw compiled public polls capturing support for major […] Read more »
Priorities USA Poll: Republican Tax Plan Spells Electoral Disaster
The Republican tax proposals currently moving through Congress are more than just bad policy, they are politically toxic for Republicans and will further cement voters’ views that Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are looking out for the interests of the wealthy and big corporations, not the regular people they […] Read more »