Trump Allies Launch $20 Million Effort to Convince Working Class to Back Tax Scam 2.0 | Common Dreams
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"Don't be fooled: What this Koch-backed group is really only after is protecting tax cuts for wealthy people like me," said the chair of the Patriotic Millionaires.

A right-wing advocacy group founded by the billionaire Koch brothers announced Monday the launch of a $20 million campaign to promote an extension of the 2017 Trump-GOP tax cuts, which disproportionately benefited the rich and large corporations.

But in a 60-second ad that debuted over the weekend, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) characterizes the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act as a boon to “hardworking Americans” and small businesses—and warns that allowing provisions of the law to expire at the end of this year as scheduled would be disastrous for the working class.

“This year, Congress is facing a countdown to a crisis that threatens family budgets nationwide,” Ross Connolly, AFP’s regional state director, said in a statement Monday. “We are proud to partner with the incoming Trump administration to protect prosperity and ensure that Congress acts.”

  • thefartographer@lemm.eeEnglish
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    23 days ago

    Fuuuuuuuuuck… At least they used to pretend like peepee-down economics was a legitimate solution. But now they’re acting more like a Mafia saying, “if you don’t pay us more, you’ll die.”