PATRIOTIC MILLIONAIRES: RYAN IS STILL MISSING THE POINT
“Lowering tax rates does not create jobs. Period.”
WASHINGTON DC – Today, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan gave his first major speech on tax reform while at the NAM 2017 Summit. One thing was clear from this address: Ryan will continue to go to any lengths to pass off tax cuts for the wealthy as pro-growth legislation that would help Americans. Chair Morris Pearl sounded off this afternoon, saying:
“Does Representative Ryan have constituents in Wisconsin who are entrepreneurs, but who said: “If I am really successful and make it to the top tax bracket, I will only get to keep 65% of the profits — so I would rather not bother making any money at all”? I have yet to meet that business person.
What budding young entrepreneurs need is the social safety net in place, so that they can leave their nine-to-five jobs and start a new business in their garages (or in their local coffee shops) and not have to worry about their families going without health insurance.
Let me make this clear: lowering tax rates does not create jobs. Period. Lowering tax rates just makes the one percent even richer. If someone has a profitable idea, the United States of America is the best country in which to make a lot of money, and 65% of a lot of money is still a lot of money. If it is not a profitable idea, lowering tax rates to zero won’t help,” says Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires Morris Pearl, former managing director at BlackRock.
The Patriotic Millionaires believe it is time for Ryan to go back to the drawing board with tax reform.
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