“And so what we’re looking for is proposals of alternatives.” She then issued an implicit challenge: If Republicans don’t want to raise the corporate tax rate, what alternative would they offer? In other words, the White House is fully aware that Republicans are in a box. Republicans have the choice between embracing fiscal irresponsibility or giving up their laughable claim to be the party of working people. Later she reiterated that corporations that did not pay any taxes could “afford” to shoulder the burden of infrastructure investment. The question really is in the Republicans’ court: Do they want to run in 2022 on a platform of defending corporate greed and opposing infrastructure?

Source: Washington Post April 02, 2021 11:46 UTC