GOP Rep. Brady calls raising corporate taxes a ‘major mistake’

April 6, 2021 KT1 US 0

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 03: Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) (R) speaks during an event at the Newseum November 3, 2017 in Washington, DC. Rep. Brady participated in a Politico Playbook interview on congressional efforts on tax reform. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 03: Ranking member of House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) spoke during an event at the Newseum November 3, 2017 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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The ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee predicted more businesses could possibly leave the U.S. in response to Joe Biden’s proposed tax hikes.

In an interview on Tuesday, Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) argued that over time, smart infrastructure investments could help the economy grow. However, Brady said Biden’s plan to raise corporate taxes to pay for it could negate that economic growth.

The “infrastructure plan” is just a Trojan horse to raise taxes.

Democrats are going to take more of Americans’ money to pay for their liberal wish-list. https://t.co/8l7DibpBW9

— Rep. Kevin Brady (@RepKevinBrady) April 5, 2021

“Right now, having the president propose a $2 trillion tax increase as we’re working our way out of the pandemic, no president has ever raised business taxes to rebuild an economy,” Brady explained. “Then to drive our rates worse than China’s and on par with Syria’s.

The American Jobs Plan is a once-in-a-generation investment in America unlike anything we have seen or done since we built the Interstate Highway System and won the Space Race decades ago.

It’s big. It’s bold. And we can get it done.

— President Biden (@POTUS) March 31, 2021

“At the end of the day, we’re going to see slower hiring, we’re going to see less investment in the U.S., and I would predict we will see a second wave of U.S. companies inverting or moving their headquarters overseas in the long run,” Brady stated. “That’s why I think this is such a major mistake.”

The congressman said Republicans and Democrats do agree on rebuilding roads, bridges and creating more access to broadband. However, he emphasized Biden’s infrastructure plan is full of “social spending” and has little to do with actual infrastructure.