Action by Voters from Six Key States Could Stop the Tax Scam
The American Sustainable Business Council’s Senior Tax Analyst, John O'Neill asks supporters to immediately target the following seven “on the fence” Republican Senators a very close vote, on the vitally important tax bill with long-term repercussions:
Sen. James Lankford (R, OK) – Concerned about the federal debt.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R, WI) – Concerned that the tax bill does too little to help small business.
Sen. Susan Collins (R, ME) – Concerned about the wealthy getting most benefit.
Sen. Jeff Flake (R, AZ) – Concerned about how the bill will affect the sick and grow the debt.
Sen. John McCain (R, AZ) – Concerned that the bill’s not following regular order and does too much for the rich.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R, FL) and Sen. Mike Lee (R, UT) – Concerned that the tax bill does too little for working families while cutting the top corporate tax rate to 21 percent from 35 percent.
The long-term repercussions include:
- Adding $1.5 trillion to the federal deficit, forcing cuts to essential federal programs, and reducing spending on items like infrastructure and education that strengthen our economy.
- Creating a territorial tax that will make U.S.-based businesses less competitive and allow multinational corporations to continue to evade their fair share of taxes.
- Ignoring the needs of working Americans and the middle class, whose consumer spending drives the economy as a whole.
This bill will take our economy in the wrong direction.
Swaying the small number of senators necessary to kill this bill will pay long-term dividends.
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