President Donald Trump has been using false claims to try to push for passage of his domestic policy bill, according to CNN.
The bill is currently working its way through the Senate. The House passed a version of the legislation in May.
Final passage is uncertain.
On multiple occasions in recent days, Trump has pushed for the bill by stating said that Americans will face a tax increase of 68% if Congress doesn’t pass the legislation. That’s false.
It is true that one of the central pieces of the bill is an extension of tax cuts passed during Trump’s first term that expire this year. If Congress doesn’t act, those cuts end and most Americans would see their taxes rise.
But the average increase would be nowhere near 68%.
An analysis from the Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan think tank, found taxes would increase by an average of 7.5% in 2026 if the bill doesn’t pass, according to CNN.
But the center’s analysis also found that about 64% of U.S. households would see a bigger tax bill next year if the bill doesn’t pass. It’s possible Trump is confusing those two figures from the report and increasing the 64% to 68%, according to MSNBC.
Trump has also been discussing the bill’s Medicaid provisions.
During a speech on Thursday, he said people are “not going to feel any” of the spending cuts included in the bill. He then said, “Your Medicaid is left alone. It’s left the same,” according to CNN.
That’s false. The bill makes numerous changes to Medicaid and analysts have found they...
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