Unfortunately the Republican tax cut will deny important revenues to many states facing their own deficits. This will create greater pressure for higher state and local taxes.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In order to reduce the deficit, there has to be revenue in addition to cuts.
Look, only in Washington is not raising taxes considered a tax cut. Nobody's getting a tax cut here. We're not cutting taxes. We're preventing tax increases from occurring.
There are some Republicans who say that any time you raise new revenue, you have to have a tax cut to match it. I am not one of those Republicans.
Today's tax cuts provide yet another illustration of the Republicans' fiscally irresponsible economic policies that ignore the needs of America's middle class, students, and working families.
If you raise taxes, it won't reduce the deficit. The other team will simply spend the resources.
Tax cuts create more jobs and this is something we as Republicans have to do a better job of marketing.
The polls are with us on this. They say the American people, more than anything, want to see spending cuts rather than tax increases.
Republicans in Congress boosted the economy by cutting taxes and ending programs that don't work.
I still believe a majority of Republicans are for income tax cuts.
Making the tax cuts permanent will continue to grow the economy, create jobs, and put more money in the pockets of the hard-working families of Pennsylvania.