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Shot/Chaser: Sen. Ron Johnson Drinks Sen. Rick Scott’s Kool Aid

Mar 07, 2022

Shot

  • Tax Policy Center: Scott’s GOP Agenda Would Raise Taxes for Mostly Low-And Moderate-Income Households 

    • A Scott-like plan would raise taxes on middle-income households by an average of $450.

    • Scott’s goal could increase federal income taxes by more than $100 billion in 2022 alone.

      • More than 80 percent of the tax increase would be paid by households making about $54,000 or less.

      • 97 percent would be paid by those making less than about $100,000.

    • Households… making less than about $27,000 annually would pay an average of nearly $1,000 more in taxes in 2022, reducing their after-tax incomes by nearly 6 percent.

    • Low-income families with children would pay the most.

      • Scott’s goal would slash their after-tax incomes by more than $5,000, or more than 20 percent.

    • The top quintile of earners would pay almost no extra taxes.

Chaser

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