Economy

Democrats should now vote to make middle-class tax relief permanent

By Washington Examiner
Published December 20, 2017 1:01pm ET
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Democrats should now vote to make middle-class tax relief permanent
Democrats claim to be upset about the middle-class tax cuts expiring in 2025. If they really think a 2027 tax hike on the middle class would be bad, the Democrats should vote to make the individual tax cuts permanent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

Senate Republicans passed a major tax cut Tuesday night amid Democratic claims of the apocalypse.

One ubiquitous complaint was that the GOP package’s substantial tax reductions for the middle class expire in 2025, whereas the reform of the corporate tax code is permanent.

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