Lenczewski on the House tax bill

Ann Lenczewski (DFL-Bloomington), the chair of the House Tax Committee, asks conservatives to tone down their rhetoric on the tax bill. She argues that many of the provisions in her bill are based on policies enacted by conservative hero Ronald Reagan.

She also points out that Republicans are focusing only on tax deductions that were removed, and not on tax credits added. For example, the tax deduction for organ donation was replaced by a tax credit. After all, the way it was previously structured, wealthy Minnesotans would receive a large tax break for organ donation, while poorer Minnesotans would receive nothing. Is that really what we want?

Lenczewski argues that she’s doing something similar to what Reagan did at the Federal level two decades ago: Cleaning up and simplifying the tax code. Reagan himself cut many tax deductions, such as a sales tax deduction and a credit card debt deduction.

Check out her speech, courtesy of the good folks at The UpTake. It start to get good at the 2:30 mark.