A new ad paid for by Peter Roskam’s allies ignores his real record. So we decided to help them fact check it. THREAD #RoskamFactCheckhttps://castenforcongress.com/blog/2018/07/05/alternative-fact-campaign/ …
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Roskam voted nearly 60 times to repeal and defund the Affordable Care Act and voted for Paul Ryan’s bill which would have left 24 million Americans - including 34,000 6th District residents - without health care and raised premiums 20%
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Rather than reinvesting in workers, corporations have used the tax windfall to buy back stock and increase dividends. A recent analysis found that only nine percent of Roskam’s billions in corporate tax cuts has actually gone to workers
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83 percent of the benefits in Peter Roskam’s tax bill went to corporations and the wealthiest one percent, while its annual cap on state and local tax deductions will force thousands of middle-class families to pay more.
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Replying to @VoteCasten
GOP
#TAXSCAM
causes $1T/yr deficits
rich get huge, perm. cuts
cuts for middle are temp.
will ↑ taxes for poor
TRUMP PERSONALLY BENEFITS
$1.1B—estate tax repeal
$31M/yr—AMT repeal
$25M/yr—biz tax
$500K/yr—income tax
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The GOP is out of touch with what the American people want and need. The people of #IL06 need a representative who will fight the GOP tax scam and stabd up for working class Americans.
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