Letter to the editor: We need wage and tax reform

The Republican temper tantrum is over, but not before they held the country hostage in the debt ceiling crisis, with their warped financial views. They love to stamp their feet and beat their chest when the government is using its resources to help 90% of us. They scream too much debt, we cannot take care of our citizens, we do not have the money.

But let the topic change to cutting taxes for the wealthy, and the debt no longer seems to be a concern. The Republicans are down with cutting taxes for big corporations and the uber-wealthy. Just look at the trifecta tax cuts of Presidents Reagan, Bush and Trump. They have reduced our federal revenues by trillions of dollars and are primarily responsible for the increase in our national debt. The Republicans seem to be more concerned about working for their donor class than the middle class.

They are apparently unconcerned with our economic inequality. The Republicans continue to block President Biden’s efforts to rescind the economically devastating Trump tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. They obstruct efforts to increase the minimum wage, something we know will stimulate the economy. They blocked efforts to give the IRS the resources to go after wealthy tax cheats. Over a third of our most profitable corporations have paid nothing in federal income tax, as have Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, George Soros, Michael Bloomberg and Carl Icahn, etc.

We must insist on wage and tax reform!

Sandy Kremer

Youngwood