The following article by Rebecca Savransky was posted on the Hill website October 1, 2017:
© Greg Nash
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Sunday wouldn’t guarantee that every middle-class person would get a tax cut under President Trump’s tax reform proposal.
“That’s the purpose of doing this,” Ryan said on CBS’s “Face The Nation.” “The purpose of this is to get a middle-class tax cut.”
Ryan was pressed on whether that was a guarantee that every middle-class person would get a tax cut under the president’s plan.
Ryan said the purpose of the tax reform plan is to lower middle-class taxes.
“So yes, people are going to get tax cuts. How big are those tax cuts? That depends on the individual,” he said.
He reiterated the “objective” is to lower taxes for middle class taxpayers.
Trump and congressional Republicans last week rolled out a sweeping tax overhaul proposal that won immediate praise from conservatives.
Trump said the framework “represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reduce taxes, rebuild our economy and restore America’s competitive edge.”
The president stressed that the benefits would go to the middle class, not the wealthy.
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