When Republicans look for strong economic advice, why not listen to Kelly Loeffler, the controversial Georgia senator who was most recently involved in a stock scandal that sent her fleeing committees. If you are in Kansas, running in a rural state, the fact that Loeffler most recently found herself resigning from the Agriculture committee might mean nothing as you run to hold the seat being vacated by Pat Roberts, current chair of the committee.
Roger Marshall found himself looking for exactly the way to shake up a Kansas race that has remained tight against his Democratic opponent Barbara Bollier. That method: plagiarism. Nothing is more Republican in 2020 than admitting you have absolutely no ethical standards, it seems.
In an article written by Bryan Lowry for the Kansas City Star, the comparison is, well, identical.
Using tax credits to spur investment or shifting the supply chain away from China and other competitors are not groundbreaking ideas. But there are only two places on the internet where they are phrased the exact same way: Loeffler’s official site and Marshall’s campaign site.
It’s one of several identical or near-identical phrasings in Marshall’s economic plan.
DOH!
Republicans, though, have come up with an all new way to Gaslight America
“It should come as no surprise that Republicans across the country share similar economic principles; less taxes, lower spending, holding China accountable for giving us the virus, bringing out critical supply chains back to the US, making made in the USA, hire American and buy American our guiding principles, and reopening the economy,” said Eric Pahls, Marshall’s campaign manager.
“This is the language the President and Republicans have been using for years.”
Let me know when making made in the USA became a real guiding principle for Republicans. Because, last I checked, it was far more like this statement from AFL-CIO:
When the House Ways and Means Committee debated the GOP tax bill yesterday, Republicans voted down the “Stop Outsourcing of American Jobs” amendment offered by Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas).
The “Stop Outsourcing of American Jobs” amendment would require that multinational corporations looking to invest offshore pay the same tax rate as small businesses or domestic companies investing here in America. The amendment was defeated on a party-line vote, with 16 Democrats voting in favor and 23 Republicans voting against.
Under the Republican tax bill, a small business that creates jobs on Main Street USA would pay U.S. taxes on its profits at a rate of 20%, while a big corporation that outsources those same jobs to Ireland or Switzerland would pay NO U.S. TAXES on the profits it earns from outsourcing. The Doggett amendment would apply the same U.S. tax rate to profits from outsourced operations and domestic operations.
I guess the “language they have been using for years” has only happened in the last few months. Certainly true for COVID (which hasn’t been here for years) and that against outsourcing? Well, at least we know Marshall was willing to outsource writing his own economic plan.