Last Monday was Tax Day in America. Are you getting your money’s worth? Do you even feel like you are supporting reasonable policies with your taxes? Joe Biden doesn’t think so; he wants more.
Biden Taxes You Even at Death
Biden’s FY 2023 budget proposal includes 36 tax increases on American Individuals and businesses totaling $2.5 trillion over the next decade.
- He will raise the corporate income tax rate to 28%; $1.3 trillion tax increase
- He will increase the top income tax rate to 39.6%; $186.8 billion tax increase
- He will double the capital gains rate to 40.8% and impose a second death tax by imposing capital gains taxes on unrealized assets at death; $174 billion tax increase
- He will repeal expensing of intangible drilling costs; $10.7 billion tax increase
While Biden has lied time and time again that his plan will not raise taxes on anyone making less than $400,000—Biden’s policies are regressive and will impact lower-income Americans. His radical tax policies will negatively impact 1.4 million small businesses with less than 500 employees.
Biden’s hidden tax inflation has already cost American families an additional $3,500 in 2021 and will cost families an extra $5,200 this year. We are all feeling it at the gas pump, the grocery store, restaurants, and we will feel it in the fall when we prepare for our children to return to school.
This disaster of a budget will probably get through Congress. The Democrats will line up behind it and get it passed; and, you will pay the bill.
Meanwhile, in Pima County
Proposition 411: Proposed Amendment to the Tucson City Charter Referred by Mayor and Council, authorizing a 10-year extension of a temporary half-cent (0.5%) sales tax to fund street improvements.
The City of Tucson has a special election on May 17. The Tucson Fire Fighters Association, Living Streets Alliance, Tucsonans for Better ($27,500), Safer Streets, and even the Tucson New Car Dealers Association ($25,000) have made big donations and an outpouring of support for Prop 411. Other supporters include Mayor Regina Romero, Dan Cavanagh, Visit Tucson, Sierra Club, Kevin Dahl (Ward 3), Tucson Metro Chamber of Commerce, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 99, Cox Communications, Southern Arizona Leadership Council, Chispa Arizona, Tucson Young Professionals, Familias Unidas Ganado Accesibilidad, Matt Heinz BOS 2, Richard Fimbres (Ward 5), Tucson Police Officers Association, Tucson Electric Power. Are you affiliated with any of these groups/companies? Let them know you aren’t happy with their position.
Is this really a Proposition that has no Opposition? No. There are many people in Tucson who are opposed to Prop 411 and that will show in the vote. I oppose Prop 411 not because I oppose:
- Sidewalk and Pedestrian Accessibility Improvements
- Bicycle Network Enhancements
- System-wide Safety Improvements
- Traffic Signal Technology Upgrades
I oppose poor planning and execution and that is exactly what the City of Tucson has shown since the voters approved Proposition 101 in 2017, a temporary half-cent sales tax, for 5 years. Have you seen $250 million in improvements in the past 5 years? The City of Tucson has continued to fail in project implementation of safe roads and will continue to fail even with this infusion of cash.
This isn’t a Republican/Democrat issue. This is an accountability issue and until we start holding our government accountable for the funds we give them; our families will suffer. So, whether it is Joe Biden’s 36 new taxes or Regina Romero’s continued taxes—it doesn’t matter. We need to see results with our hard-earned dollars, and we are not.
Join me in fighting Prop 411 and the party of excessive taxing.