2020 Democratic candidates have released plans to expand social programs, ease the tax burden on working class Americans and overhaul U.S. infrastructure as they jockey for position.
Democratic presidential candidates want to roll out ambitious government programs and attack the Republican tax cuts.
With the election still about a year and seven months away, the crowded Democratic primary field has mostly gathered donations and set up campaign foundations in early nominating states. But candidates have started to release plans to dramatically expand social programs, ease the tax burden on working class Americans and overhaul U.S. infrastructure, among other proposals.
Going after the tax cuts is a politically convenient way to cover at least some of the costs for the sprawling proposals. While tax reform was the top legislative achievement of Trump's first term, it never caught on with voters as Republicans had hoped. Democrats have attacked the tax law as a giveaway to corporations and the rich at the expense of the middle class.
"The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was strikingly unpopular; it was, in fact, less popular than many tax increases in recent years," Vanessa Williamson, a senior fellow in governance studies at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, said in an email."Democratic candidates are making a politically savvy move when they promise to rescind the legislation."
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