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Tax plan hurts working families | Letters | azdailysun.com
Congress passed a budget that makes $4 trillion in cuts to programs, many of which help our families. This would be detrimental to the families in our community and our local economy.We need our elected officials to stand up against this awful tax plan! True tax reform would create policies that boost working families, not […]
Continue readingGOP Budget
Yesterday, House Republicans narrowly passed a partisan budget resolution that will harm hardworking families in order to push through a massive tax giveaway for big corporations and the top 1%. Last week, their Senate colleagues voted for this resolution without any Democratic votes. This budget resolution is the first step toward enacting costly tax cuts […]
Continue readingArizona Heads the Way of Kansas Thanks to Republican Corporate Tax Cuts
PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Legislature’s budget analysts on Thursday predicted a budget shortfall that could top $100 million in the current and coming year as the impact of corporate Source: Arizona Legislature’s budget analysts predict 2018 shortfall | State and Regional | azdailysun.com
Continue reading“Cruelty, Incompetence, Lies” — not unique to Graham/Cassidy
In this useful essay, Paul Krugman exposes what happens when modern Republicans are asked to govern. To become particularly outraged, read the Vox.com article to which he provides a link. The point is that Republicans treatment of health care is not limited to health care. Cruelty, Incompetence, Lies
Continue readingO’Halleran Votes to Fund Military, VA, and Critical Arizona Water Projects After Voting Twice to Amend the Bill to Eliminate Funding for Border Wall
WASHINGTON, DC – This week, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) voted to pass the Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018, a bipartisan spending bill that funds military operations, veterans programs, and water projects. “Congress took bipartisan action today to invest in our troops and ensure our military has the resources they need to complete critical national security missions […]
Continue readingPriorities
Budgets are about priorities, and Trump’s first full budget submission makes clear that he puts the interests of the wealthy — like the billionaires he has appointed to his cabinet — over working families. Trump’s budget plan makes massive cuts to Medicaid, college loans, public schools, middle and working class tax credits and more to […]
Continue readingTake Action: Trump’s Budget Cuts to Social Security
Trump’s just-released budget proposal includes $1.7 trillion in cuts to critical programs, including Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Medicaid. Workers and small businesses pay for SSDI through regular payroll taxes, and they have done so for decades pursuant to our nation’s social contract to provide critical financial support for disabled workers and their families. SSDI […]
Continue readingArizona Gov. Ducey, Legislature ignores education lawsuit, avoids tax reform
The Legislature has adjourned but already has a laundry list of issues it will need to consider next year. Source: Arizona Gov. Ducey, Legislature ignores education lawsuit, avoids tax reform
Continue readingNews analysis: Did tax cuts sell state budget short? | Local | azdailysun.com
PHOENIX — The $9.82 billion state budget is being billed by Republican lawmakers and Gov. Doug Ducey as the best outcome given the money the state has to spend. Source: News analysis: Did tax cuts sell state budget short? | Local | azdailysun.com
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