Mar 26, 2019
the progressivity of the tax cuts as measured by increases in after-tax income are heavily tilted towards the rich.
Richard Neal
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Richard Edmund Neal is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Neal has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and economic development throughout his tenure. He has been an advocate for Social Security and has expressed concerns about privatization efforts by Republicans. Neal has also been vocal about the impacts of trade policies on American families, particularly criticizing the effects of the Trump administration's trade war.
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Mar 26, 2019
the Republican tax bill increased Federal borrowing, not to expand programs aimed at the struggling low and middle class, but to provide handouts to the richest 1 percent.
Mar 26, 2019
the tax bill amounted to backdoor effort to drive up health insurance costs.
Mar 26, 2019
the 2017 tax law missed every significant opportunity to make a difference in the lives of working people.
Mar 26, 2019
the law's proponents made choices about what and whom to prioritize and what and whom, unfortunately, to leave out.
Mar 12, 2019
Chairman Larson's bill would fix that by adding some money to the minimum benefit, I think it is about $70 a month.
Mar 12, 2019
Seniors do not understand how people in Washington have determined that their cost of living did not go up in all those years.
Mar 12, 2019
The COLA is so important. I am sure when you have your town hall meetings, everybody in the fall is waiting to hear what is the COLA going to be.
Mar 12, 2019
It establishes a minimum benefit for Social Security that is 125 percent above the poverty level.
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