Starting on Tax Day Monday and throughout this week, Americans in battleground states saw a consistent theme in their local headlines – Republicans have a plan to raise taxes if they win in November. Republicans’ plan could raise taxes on more than half of the country – including seniors, service members, and many working Americans – not to mention the fact that it could sunset Medicare and Social Security that millions rely on.
Here’s a look at just some of the local headlines:
- In Florida: Palm Beach Post: Op-Ed: Rick Scott tax plan bad news for retirees
- In North Carolina: IndyWeekly: Op-Ed: On Tax Day, a Look At Who Really Wants to Raise Taxes on Working Families
- In Wisconsin: Up North News: Ron Johnson says GOP plan to raise taxes, eliminate social security “a positive thing”
- In Wisconsin: CBS Madison: Republicans Pushing to Raise WI Taxes 32%
- In Pennsylvania: WHTM: PA Democrats Blast GOP Plans
Meanwhile, President Biden and members of his cabinet continued to visit states from New Hampshire to Washington to tout how the transformational Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is helping to bolster supply chains and lower costs for families.
- In New Hampshire: WMUR: Biden: Infrastructure projects in Portsmouth save money, create jobs
- In Oregon: Salem Statesman Journal: ‘On the move:’ Biden promotes infrastructure spending during Oregon visit
- In Washington: KING 5: President Biden in Seattle: Traffic impacts and plans for Earth Day
- In Ohio: Cleveland.com: EPA administrator, HUD secretary tout federal investments in lead remediation during Cleveland visit
- In Iowa: Iowa Capital Dispatch: Buttigieg promotes federal infrastructure funding for rural Iowa
- In Wisconsin: TMJ4: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg talks jobs and opportunity in Wisconsin
- In Georgia: Albany Herald: U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announces $12.5 million in Radium Springs funding during Albany visit
And between the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and American Rescue Plan, people across the country are still seeing headlines every day about how President Biden and Democrats are investing in their communities, from improving rural health care and access to broadband, to removing lead pipes, to hiring more police and first responders, and more.
- In Pennsylvania: WESA: American Rescue Plan dollars go towards replacing hundreds of lead lines in Pittsburgh
- In West Virginia: MetroNews: $10 million in ARPA funds allocated to help struggling EMS agencies
- In Nevada: Las Vegas Sun: Mental health services in Nevada to get $20 million shot in the arm
- In New Jersey: KYW: NJ will use American Rescue Plan money to fund additional class of state troopers
- In Missouri: KY3: Springfield Public Schools set to receive more than $60 million in federal relief funds
- In South Carolina: WRDW: How South Carolina plans to invest money from federal government on broadband expansion
- In Mississippi: WLBT: Nearly $3M federal grant invested in Miss. for rural healthcare
- In Georgia: FOX31: Mitchell Co, Albany, and Calhoun Co to receive funding for water infrastructure projects