Sentences with phrase «tax cuts for the wealthy»

They offer nothing but more tax cuts for the wealthy and restrictions on abortions.

But tax cuts for the wealthy just encourages them to buy more vacations and bigger homes at nearly zero net benefit to the economy.

This is what tax cuts for the wealthy has done.

Signs of this come from the New York Times report on Nov 22, 2008 that Obama may not repeal Bush tax cuts for wealthiest Americans, but let them expire in 2011 as originally scheduled to give himself time to let the stimulus plan work.

«Voters will reject Bob Turner because he supports a plan that will end Medicare as we know it, so he can extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and protect tax loopholes for corporations that ship jobs overseas.»

«Here we are in the ninth longest national economic expansion and as we see over the last eight years we keep cutting funding for a lot of core state programs to pay for tax cuts for the wealthiest individuals in the state.»

I remember when massive tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans spurred incredible economic growth during the Bush administration.

They also say that what Mr. Cuomo has described as an epidemic of overspending is as much a revenue crisis driven by tax cuts for the wealthy from the Pataki era.

'' (If) we pass this bill, big tax cuts for the wealthiest people in this country, we drive a hole in the budget deficit,» Sen. Sherrod Brown, D - Ohio, told colleagues Thursday on the Senate floor.

Washington (CNN)- Despite President Obama's accusation Wednesday that Republicans are holding middle class income tax cuts «hostage» by tying them to an extension of tax cuts for wealthier Americans, the reality is several Democratic senators also oppose allowing President Bush's tax cuts for higher earners to expire.

First, enshrine tea party austerity as New York's governing economic theory, with tax cuts for the wealthy, spending cuts and corporate subsides of a kind that Paul Ryan would love.

That money should be used to invest in infrastructure, affordable housing and student debt relief, not on tax cuts for the wealthiest of Americans, Rhodes said.

A common argument is that the government needs to extend tax cuts for wealthier individuals in order to protect small business owners, the job generators of this country.

Instead of being used productively, privatization proceeds have been dissipated mainly to finance tax cuts for the wealthy and to un-tax foreign investment, while subsidizing capital flight.

What Boehner wants to do, minimally, is to reduce the Federal component for these programs while simultaneously providing tax cuts for the wealthy and certain industries.

«Cuomo wants tax cuts for his wealthy contributors, so he pushes gambling instead to raise needed state revenues.»

And where last time he considered the talks a delicate, Washington - centric negotiation between himself and Boehner, this time he encouraged his friends in organized labor and other liberal groups to put the squeeze on Republicans — particularly on his push to let George W. Bush - era tax cuts for the wealthy expire at year's end while extending them for income under $ 250,000.

But I'm worried because Republican leaders in Congress have held these centers hostage by halting federal funding while they focus on passing tax cuts for the wealthy.

Demand from the middle class — not tax cuts for the wealthy — is what drives a virtuous cycle of job growth and prosperity.

But multiple analyses of the proposals Trump has put out thus far have found that they would result in much larger tax cuts for the wealthiest households than for the middle class.

He refused to make any promises, but said his «No. 1 objective» is to make sure no one in the middle class pays more, and that another «objective» is making sure there are no absolute tax cuts for the wealthy.

Sweeping tax cuts for the wealthy, borrow and spend running up the deficit, protecting these unethical fat cats who are beyond reproach anymore, etc..

The President's budget document states, «Prudent investments in education, clean energy, health care and infrastructure were sacrificed for huge tax cuts for the wealthy and well - connected.

GOP Jesus loves tax cuts for the wealthy.

The Romney - Ryan plan would slash these important programs in order to pay for additional tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, which runs contrary to the Bible's instructions to «show kindness and mercy» to the poor and oppressed (Zechariah 7:9 - 10).

Jesus never called the poor «lazy,» fought for tax cuts for the wealthiest Nazarenes, or asked a leper for a copay.

«As a St John's blue light ambulance driver, Gillian has seen first - hand the extent of the crisis caused by this Conservative government, which has chosen to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest instead of our health service.

We vowed not to allow our most vulnerable citizens, like the seniors who rely on senior centers throughout Lower Manhattan, to suffer because of an unnecessary tax cut for the wealthiest among us.

He attacked Tory inheritance tax cuts for the wealthiest but sought to reassure middle England by insisting he would not raise the top rate of income tax above 50p.

Skelos defended the package, which includes a smaller tax cut for the wealthy than they were in line to receive if a surcharge due to expire at the end of the year went through.

How else can one explain the heartless mendacity of the House's Trumpcare bill, the American Healthcare Act, which strips away health security for millions of people in exchange for billions of dollars in tax cuts for the wealthiest few?

Members of Congress like Faso... had a chance to stop it, but they chose tax cuts for the wealthy over health care for their constituents.»

The Committee has functioned as a year - round Super PAC, not in support of a candidate for elected office but to promote tax cuts for the wealthy and policies that will drive more New Yorkers into poverty.

We were primarily concerned at the time that the Committee and the Governor were coordinating on an unprecedented scale to cut programs and services that working and poor New Yorkers rely on and to win tax cuts for the wealthiest New Yorkers.

Schumer, the top Democrat on Capitol Hill along with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D - Calif., lost no time in also condemning the budget as an attempt to counterbalance tax cuts for the wealthy with cuts to middle - class - favored programs like Medicare.

• Roll back tax cuts for the wealthy and big corporations to ensure high quality public education: If education is truly the key to opportunity, then let's take three bold steps to ensure a brighter future.

Labor / community coalitions in a range of cities called on their members of Congress to reject tax cuts for the wealthy, and invest in public schools.

By, once again, proposing to slash funding for teachers and after - school programs, Trump is effectively recommending that Congress cut teachers» salaries, increase class sizes, and cancel after - school programming to pay for tax cuts for wealthy parents who can already afford to send their kids to private schools.

Democrats, he says, don't want to see tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and Republicans don't like the defense cuts mandated by sequestration.

Community Leaders & Activists Across New York Call on Congress to End Bush Tax Cuts for Wealthiest 2 %, Protect and Preserve Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid

These critics are referring to the fact that AHCA would include massive tax cuts for the wealthy while significantly scaling back or freezing government assistance for the poorest.

Get ready for more tax cuts for the wealthy and deregulation.

And he has promised to produce a massive tax cut for the wealthy while slashing supports for the faltering middle class and poor in this country — further worsening the systemic inequality that has already so deeply harmed and divided our nation.

Economic polarization between creditors and debtors is aggravated by tax cuts for the wealthy and a reclassification of financial and real estate returns as capital gains or various forms of untaxed «reserve» funds.

If you support a traitor like Rump and you turn your back on the citizens of your state to provide tax cuts for the wealthy that virtually assure that after November the Pubs will be going after Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security as being too expensive you should be concerned about a negative response form voters.

«Lib Dems say the Tories only want tax cuts for the wealthy... or don't they?