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Written by Democratic Party of Wisconsin, Brad Bainum   
Thursday, 16 November 2017 10:31

ryan-trump-tax-scamNew Changes Would End Of Health Insurance Coverage For 13 Million Americans, Spike Consumer Costs by 10%, Hike Taxes For Nearly 1-in-3 Wisconsinites. Corporations get across the board, permanent cuts, while middle-class families face tax hikes.


MADISON - Against all odds, Congressional Republicans keep finding ways to make the right-wing state Senator Leah Vukmir and out-of-state billionaire puppet Kevin Nicholson-endorsed GOP tax plan even worse.

ron-johnsonAnd now even Ron Johnson can't support the plan. Johnson opposes Republicans plan to target Social Security and Medicare to pay for billionaire and corporate tax cuts.

Tuesday night, U.S. Senate Republicans released an updated version of their tax bill that only adds to their earlier version's serious problems, including by weaponizing the bill as a vehicle to take away 13 million Americans' healthcare access.

Here are some low-lights of the Senate GOP tax bill after the latest round of changes:

"Republicans are trying to gut Americans' healthcare access to pay for a massive tax giveaway from working families to corporate special interests, Wall Street, and billionaire CEOs," said Brad Bainum, Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesperson for the 2018 Senate race. "It's difficult to imagine Leah Vukmir and Kevin Nicholson tying their political futures to a piece of legislation that's this toxic, but here we are. It's a scam, and both Vukmir and Nicholson have to answer for their plans to hike taxes on Wisconsinites and gut their earned benefits while gifting GOP megadonors big tax cuts.

Last Updated on Friday, 17 November 2017 11:08
 
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