Vance: Childless Americans Should Pay Higher Taxes

ABC News reports:

As former President Donald Trump’s new running mate, JD Vance, faces renewed scrutiny over his previous comments criticizing childless individuals, an unearthed 2021 interview shows the Ohio senator advocating for higher taxes on Americans without children.

The comments came in a 2021 episode of The Charlie Kirk Show podcast. “So, you talk about tax policy, let’s tax the things that are bad and not tax the things that are good,” Vance said in the interview, which is no longer public on Kirk’s channel.

“If you are making $100,000, $400,000 a year and you’ve got three kids, you should pay a different, lower tax rate than if you are making the same amount of money and you don’t have any kids. It’s that simple.”

Read the full article. Yesterday it was reported that Vance has said that people with children should get extra votes. A spokesman for Charlie Kirk says that the above-cited interview is no longer online due to a “reorganization” of Kirk’s website. Yeah.

JD Vance said Americans without kids should be taxed at a higher rate in a 2021 interview obtained by @ABC
He said: “Let’s tax the things that are bad and not tax the things that are good”
Then he went on to say those with kids, “should pay a different, lower tax rate” @GMA pic.twitter.com/JEjxfWrRmW

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