I Talked to NPR to Give Them a Tea Party Activist’s View On The Tax Bills

Last updated on: December 4, 2017 at 1:06 pm by Mark Meckler

I Talked to NPR to Give Them a Tea Party Activist’s View On The Tax Bills 2017-12-04T13:06:27-06:00 Mark Meckler

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Sunday morning, I talked to NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro who asked me how I felt about the tax plan and the deficit.

“I do support the plan, but I don’t disagree with you about the crazy levels of spending by the federal government,” I said. “I support the plan because it is much better than the status quo. This is the boldest re-write of the tax code since 1996, small businesses are going to benefit greatly, the corporate rate is going to do be competitive internationally. That means you’re going to see job growth, you have the repatriation rate pushed down to 14% for corporations, allowing them to bring back over $3 trillion.

“Those things benefits the people who are my constituents — the middle and lower classes — allowing job creation, job growth. We have a long history in America of lowering rates and letting corporations invest in America.”

Garcia-Navarro protested that she doesn’t even necessarily believe this is tax reform, since it offers no permanent middle class tax cuts. I responded, “Well, when we say those reductions are temporary, we have to remember they go until at least 2025. For most of us out there, regular working folks, seven years of tax reductions is a big deal. We can have that fight again in seven years. I’m sure we’ll be discussing increasing taxes, however, since that’s what the Democrats always promote. The Democrat plan today was to increase taxes by $1 trillion. So we have to remember what our alternative option was.”

Garcia-Navarro asked why they are making it temporary for individuals who might need that tax relief when corporations, who are doing very well, get a permanent cut?

I responded, “You and I are on the same page. I think it’s crazy. I don’t like temporary tax reductions; I don’t prefer legislative fixes generally. So, I’m against the fact that they are temporary, but I’d rather have — as a person who pays these taxes — I’d rather have seven years of tax reduction than what the Democrats were proposing which was a $1 trillion in increased taxes.”

Listen below to hear the complete interview — and, as I’ve written before — it seems that “Something remarkable is happening in Washington: Actual governance is breaking out, and Republican leaders are working together on an important issue.”

Hat Tip: NPR

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