HAT-TIP: THE TENNESSEE STAR
- May 22, 2018
- By Terry, Muns, The Tennessee Star
As summer approaches, the already-slow legislative production in Congress is grinding to a halt. Fewer and fewer members are willing to take a potentially controversial vote that could give opponents an opening for attack.
But there’s one legislative proposal that should cut through this gridlock and unite Republicans and Democrats: making the recently passed individual and small business tax cuts permanent.
As a result of budget gimmicks, these aspects of the tax cuts—which have the most impact on ordinary Americans—are set to expire in 2025 absent congressional action. Leading Republicans have recently proposed “tax cuts 2.0” to make these cuts—and the positive effects that go along with them—permanent.
The Constitutionalist 