Poliquin voted to pass 2017 GOP tax bill to slash corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%
It’s tax day, and corporate America is once again reaping the benefits of holding Republicans in their pockets. Corporations are celebrating the $2 trillion tax handout they got through millions of dollars of election spending and lobbying. Bruce Poliquin and the House GOP are on the hook of the corporations that got them elected and they returned the favor by passing a $2 trillion tax giveaway for corporate America that was funded by working class Americans. As an encore, Poliquin and his allies have made a tax hike on middle class Americans a top item on their to-do list if they get elected again!
The 2017 partisan tax bill, which was one of the most flagrant and corrupt instances of politicians blatantly rewarding their mega-donors, slashed the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% and allowed corporations to avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes on profits stashed overseas. It was a boon for many industries that had poured millions of dollars into elections. For example, the top 10 Big Pharma companies received a $76 billion tax cut from the GOP tax bill. If that isn’t enough strain on families, now they want to make deep cuts to Medicare and Social Security or force massive tax hikes on younger Americans.
That’s why this November, Mainers will re-elect Congressman Jared Golden, who’s spent his time in Congress fighting to protect Maine families, while making sure wealthy corporations pay what they owe, and refusing to be bought by corporations, not taking a single cent of corporate PAC money.
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