Tasked with helping Republicans capture the Senate majority in November, Sen. Rick Scott handed Democrats an economic hammer to swing at his party this week with a plan that called for a tax increase on millions of Americans.
While most of Scott’s plan to “Rescue America” focuses on cultural battles about gender, race and education, a line in the economic section proposing a tax hike on low-income earners offered a new line of attack for Democrats.
After months of grappling with the political fallout from rising prices due to inflation, President Joe Biden’s team and other Democrats welcomed the opportunity to hit Republicans on cost-of-living issues.
