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DPCC Co-Chair Jeffries Slams GOP Tax Scam and Demands A Better Deal for the Middle Class

December 13, 2017

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DPCC Co  Chair Jeffries Slams GOP Tax Scam and Demands A Better Deal for the Middle Class

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Co-Chair of the House Democratic Policy & Communications Committee (DPCC), appeared on MSNBC to discuss how the GOP tax scam will raise taxes on millions of middle class Americans while exploding the deficit and giving new tax breaks to corporations shipping American jobs overseas. Jeffries highlighted how Democrats will deliver A Better Deal defined by better jobs, better wages, and a better future for all Americans. Click here to watch the video

"In the district I represent in Brooklyn and Queens, folks are alarmed at the prospect that the Republicans would jam a massive tax scam down the throats of the American people in a rush job that will result in approximately 36 million middle class Americans receiving a tax increase. It's going to undermine Medicare. It's going to raise and explode the deficit. Our children and grandchildren are being asked to shoulder approximately $1.5 trillion in additional debt simply to provide an unnecessary, unconscionable tax cut to millionaires, billionaires, special interests, corporations and big donors to the republican party. It's a raw deal. The American people know they deserve a better deal. We're going to continue to focus as Democrats on providing better jobs, better wages and a better future, and do everything we can to defeat this tax scam."