‘Hell Yeah!’ Republican Senator Doubles
Down on Pledge to Raise Taxes on Most
Americans, Says People ‘Want Free Government Stuff’
Posted By: Hermoine, 3/8/2022 7:39:31 AM
Republican Senator Rick Scott of Florida, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, doubled down on his pledge to raise most Americans’ taxes if the GOP retakes the Senate in this year’s midterms.(snip) “Here’s what’s not fair,” he said. “We have hard-working Americans – they’re paying all these taxes, and retirees pay them. Who’s not? We’ve got some billionaires not paying it, and we got people that want free government stuff and they don’t want to have any skin in the game. That’s not fair.”
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I didn't see the interview but the Mediaite article about it appears to be very twisted and misleading. I happen to agree with Sen. Scott -- we, in the middle, have been stuck with the tax bill for far too long -- everyone needs to have skin in the game from the lower economic class all the way up to the billionaires.