Operation Deimos

The Republican Party's debt-ceiling hostage scheme has benefited from the support of the United States' largest corporate lobbying organization, which has given its stamp of approval to the GOP's push for major federal spending cuts, punitive new work requirements for aid programs, and...

Every one of them previously voted to add an estimated $1 trillion to the deficit to cut taxes for the wealthy and corporations.

The Republican plan has its priorities backwards. It focuses on the top and assures everyone else that benefits will trickle down to them. But the reality is that nearly 28 million working families across the country will face a tax increase within 10 years. And in New Mexico, more than 200,000 families with earnings under $74,000 will see their taxes go up. It would take the typical household in New Mexico nearly four years of work just to match the giveaway being provided to a single wealthy person under this tax plan.

This story is a partnership between the Center for Public Integrity, a newsroom that investigates inequality, and Bloomberg Tax, a news organization that provides legal and regulatory information for tax professionals and their advisers. 

“The tax cuts enacted since 2000 have been enormously costly and have mostly benefited those who are least in need of help,” said Steve Wamhoff, director of federal policy at ITEP and the lead author of the analysis. “For example, the richest 1 percent received more benefits than the bottom 60 percent. It’s worth asking whether this is the result most Americans wanted from their lawmakers.”