The Kosciusko County Democrats will be holding a rally downtown, on the south sidewalk (facing City Hall) Wednesday evening (December 6th) at 6:30 pm. We will be voicing our opposition to tax legislation that recently passed the House and Senate.
This legislation will widen the gap between rich & poor, add $1.5 TRILLION dollars to the national debt, potentially cut $25 BILLION dollars from Medicare NEXT YEAR, and also leave graduate students with a hefty tax increase as their tuition waivers (much like a scholarship), will now be considered taxable income. Furthermore, as analysis from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office shows, all Americans who earn less than $75,000 will be paying higher taxes by the year 2027.
Additionally, we feel this legislation, if enacted, will harm the local economy by jeopardizing the highly educated workforce our orthopedic firms depend on. If the GOP plan to tax graduate students becomes law, there will be fewer engineers and/or bio-science students available to work at Zimmer/Biomet, DePuy, and a host of other smaller local orthopedic firms. Our seniors have paid into Medicare all of their lives and it’s despicable that the GOP is prepared to pull the rug out from under them right as their about to claim their benefits, in order to give the Koch Brothers a hefty tax cut.
Kosciusko County Courthouse
121 N Lake St, Warsaw, IN 46580