Sen. Orrin Hatch recently got into a spat with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, saying he was “very tired” of being told that all his party cares about is helping the rich. Sorry, Sen. Hatch, but the bill passed in the House of Representatives is a bill to help the rich at the expense of everyone else. Many analyses from nonpartisan authors concluded that an overwhelming majority of benefits would go to the richest individuals in the country.
The tax plan your party passed is not revenue neutral, setting the stage for your party to cut social programs that help people because “we can’t afford it.” On top of that, many lower and middle-class people would need to pay more in taxes.
I am one of them. The House tax plan would increase the taxes graduate students pay by counting the tuition waivers nearly all Ph.D. students get from their universities (in exchange for teaching) as taxable income. This would significantly increase my tax bill due to “income” that never even entered my bank account. Soon only the rich will be able to afford pursuing a graduate degree.
Honestly, any reasonable person would say your party is serving only the rich.
Curtis Miller, West Jordan