Opinion: Republicans have found yet another way to scam their own voters
Get ready to hear that phrase a lot in the coming months, as Republicans gear up to attack the proposed corporate tax hikes that would fund President Biden’s new jobs plan.
Sen. Roger Wicker used that phrase twice in the space of several sentences on ABC News’s “This Week.” The Mississippi Republican claimed Biden’s plan would impose a “massive tax increase on small-business job creators,” to fund “massive social welfare spending.”
That echoes the widespread GOP claim that much of Biden’s plan doesn’t count as “real” infrastructure. So the GOP attack is that the plan hurts virtuous small-business owners to fund airy liberal social engineering (health care, research and development) rather than salt-of-the-earth roads and bridges.
But with this dual talking point, Republicans have found another way to scam their own voters, in ways that arguably cut against their economic interests.
(Be sure to read some of the comments.)
"massive social welfare spending" is code for giving money to black people.
ReplyDeleteWhat a crock. They are back to their old tricks. Let's scare old people. F'em. Eat the rich. Destroy the republican party.
OMG!
ReplyDeleteWill they ever get out of hate, denial and negative politics.
They seem to be there to constantly oppose to any progressive ideas and politics to help the most poor or ordinary people in USA.
They did rule for 4 years for the wealthiest and even ignoring their own low income voters.
Well, USA is going to be again in constant battle of powers and not really good ones.
Thank God I'm Canadian, not the perfect country but our politicians are really working to help us and more during this pandemic hard time.
uptonking - Yes, destroy the repugliCON party!
ReplyDeleteJiEL - Anything that helps the poor, they are against.
Rad - It's Obama's first term all over again.
That's the way the Republicans roll now --- scammers, grifters, and cons. Oh, and let's not forget the corruption and sex scandals.
ReplyDeletewhkattk - It's been their playbook since Reagan.
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