Senate Rejects a Tax Cut for Incomes Below One Million Dollars

Or more clearly, all Senate Republicans plus one Democrat reject a tax cut for incomes below one million dollars. From The Hill:

Republicans had held firm in recent weeks that the tax cuts — designed to benefit the wealthiest Americans — should be permanently extended as a whole. Democrats had argued that only the cuts for the middle class should be extended, also blasting Republicans for failing to propose any spending cuts or revenue increases to pay for all of the cuts.

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Affiliation: University of Wisconsin

Menzie Chinn is Professor of Public Affairs and Economics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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