And Mitch suggested that Manchin switch sides to the GOP.
Manchin offers to gut Trump tax cuts as atonement for killing Biden’s economic agenda Sen. Joe Manchin III, under fire for killing President Biden‘s mammoth social welfare and climate change bill, is attempting to make peace with Democrats by promising to help them blow up the Trump-era tax cuts.
The West Virginia Democrat has told colleagues the divide over Mr. Biden’s $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act should not be seen as intransigence toward big policy changes. Rather, the package’s defeat presents an opportunity for Democrats to reorient their agenda to a few key priorities.
One such priority, according to Mr. Manchin, should be the repeal of former President Donald Trump’s signature tax cuts. Democrats have long lambasted the corporate and income tax cuts as a “giveaway to the rich.”
“The only reason I even voted to [advance the Build Back Better Act] was to fix the tax [system] so that everybody paid their fair share,” said Mr. Manchin. “The ultra-wealthy, the corporations that weren’t paying anything, everyone should pay their fair share.”
Given that no Democrat voted in favor of the 2017 cuts, Mr. Manchin argues there should be wide room to haggle over exactly how much of the savings to claw back from taxpayers.
“If you’re going to negotiate, then negotiate,” he said. “Don’t start picking and choosing and playing games.”
Mr. Manchin is increasingly the target of attacks from fellow Democrats for opposing the big spending bill in the 50-50 split Senate...............
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/dec/27/manchin-offers-gut-trump-tax-cuts-atonement-killin/
