Democrats Weigh Tax Break for Union Members

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Democrats Weigh Tax Break for Union Members

August 13, 2021 at 12:13 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 31 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/08/13/democrats-weigh-tax-break-for-union-members/

"SNIP....

HuffPost: “Union members could benefit from a tax break that Democrats are considering as part of their new $3.5 trillion budget plan.”

“Labor groups are pushing lawmakers to include a provision that would allow workers to deduct the cost of union dues from their taxable income. Such a tax break could defray the cost of union membership and, the thinking goes, encourage more workers to join unions.”

.....SNIP"

[TheRealNorth]

1. I feel like this is a loser idea....

Democrats need to concentrate on ways to stop the ultra wealthy from dodging taxes, not carving out additional exceptions for our supporters.

This proposal won't make much difference financially to most Union voters, and could be used to stir resentment among non-union workers.

[hookaleft]

3. Can we try to do both?

[jimfields33]

6. We need more revenue not less

Yes this is small but everything adds up. Plus this is unnecessary. We should y have to bribe people to join. We should want them too. Do we want disrupters part of the Union over a tax break? Could be more harmful.

[BlueTsunami2018]

4. It's not "additional", it's putting things back in place.

After the asshole and his party took it away.

[BlueTsunami2018]

2. Yeah, just putting things back the way they were.

We got totally screwed on this by Piss Wig.

[fescuerescue]

5. Need to go bigger.

Exempt those who register as Democrats from Federal Taxes.

Or maybe the first 20,000 in tax or something.