Side-By-Side: While Republicans Want to Raise Taxes, Democrats Push to Lower Costs

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Thursday, April 21, 2022

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Side-By-Side: While Republicans Want to Raise Taxes, Democrats Push to Lower Costs

Republicans have no plan to lower costs, leaving Montana workers to foot the bill

Helena, MT – While Republicans are already on defense over their agenda of raised healthcare premiums and tax hikes, which could raise taxes on 35.1% of Montanans, they will also have to spend this April recess explaining their record of voting against measures to lower costs for Americans. Over the past two weeks, Republicans in Congress have voted against bills to make insulin more affordable, which as many as 77,000 Montanans rely on, and help as many as 497 Montana restaurants and businesses who didn’t receive the first round of Restaurant Revitalization Fund relief cover costs. 

See for yourself how Democrats and Republicans’ agendas stack up against each other:  

“The difference couldn’t be clearer,” says Sheila Hogan, Executive Director of the Montana Democratic Party. “While the Democrats want to make the wealthiest pay their fair share to help lower costs for working Montanans, Republicans will do whatever it takes to distract us from the fact that they have no plan to lower costs, leaving Montana workers to foot the bill.” 

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