Here is a look at the democratic address by congresswoman suzan delbene. Her topic, tax reform. Hi. I am congresswoman suzan delbene. I represent washington states first congressional district. This week, on a partyline vote, House Republicans passed a tax bill that will raise taxes on 36 million middleclass households across america while handing historic tax breaks to corporations and the wealthiest. While corporations get a massive 15 reduction in their taxes, hardworking americans are forced to pick up the tab. Teachers who buy supplies for for the students like pens and paper will lose the ability to deduct the cost from their tax returns while corporations can still deduct their supply costs. Families will no longer be able to deduct their state, local and income or state taxes well corporations can. Homeowners will no longer be able to deduct their property taxes while corporations still can. And if workers will have to move because their employer is forcing them to relocate their families or lose their job, they will no longer be able to deduct that moving expense while corporations, even while off shoring jobs, they will be able to. Families struggling to pay for health care, education and childcare will shoulder the burden of a Corporate Tax cut that will never benefit them. We have seen this before and we know it does not work. Tax reform done right will benefit the middle class and american businesses. As a former ceo myself, i know firsthand that what makes our economy strong are the foundational things that have always made this country great, skilled workers, innovative ideas, a stable business climate, modern infrastructure and a worldclass university system, that helps turn Cutting Edge Research into successful businesses, not indiscriminate Corporate Tax cuts. By increasing taxes on 36 million working families and blowing a hole in the deficit to Corporate Taxes, the republican tax will bird is our children and grandchildren with trillions of dollars in debt, triggering an automatic cut to medicare, a Vital Program for seniors. This bill is a partisan disaster hurting americans from cradle to retirement. Tax reform should be about democrats and republicans coming together reflecting the values that bind us as americans. That is what happened when the last tax reform package passed in 1986, and it should have happened again. I can tell you, not a mother working two jobs to put food on the table, not a teacher buying will supplies, a former struggling through dust a former struggling through a bad year, none of them have ever told me that tax reform means corporate cuts on the backs of them and their families. Since the tax reform debate began this year, i have met and heard from everyday heroes who are working hard or struggling to pay for a longterm medical expense, child care, college tuition, housing, retirement and sometimes even basic necessities like food. They deserve a better deal, that invests in creating good paying jobs, lowering the cost of living and giving them the tools of succeeding in the 21st century economy. But the republican legislation is a bill of callous decisions and missed opportunity. Tax reform done right is about fairness for all americans and giving working families the ability to plan for the future. The things that republicans are touting as helpful to the middle class are temporary in their plan while the house tax bill gives massive permanent tax corporations, working families will have to live with a temporary scratch that the bill throws them. That is hoping you are not one of the 36 million middleclass families who will pay higher taxes. 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