.MaddowBlog: It’s weird to see Sen. Kyrsten Sinema insist that Republicans' corporate tax breaks — which she voted against — must remain untouched.
We now know, of course, that negotiators worked out an alternative plan and Congress ended up approving a bipartisan infrastructure package, but the process was illuminating. Republicans insisted they were open to compromise, but they added that they simply wouldn’t consider touching tax breaks for corporations. They were off the table. Period. Full stop.
A year later, it seems a Democratic senator is saying something similar — though for a variety of reasons, her position is far more difficult to understand. The Arizona RepublicU.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema vowed Tuesday to conduct herself in the same manner as she did during the “Build Back Better” negotiations of 2021 should Democrats try to revive the centerpiece of President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda.
Sinema specifically said, “You all know, the entire country knows, that I’m opposed to raising the corporate minimum tax rate.” She also reiterated her opposition against “any tax policies that would put a brake on any type of economic growth or forestall business and personal growth for America’s industries.”
It’s possible that the senator is staking out a negotiating position, and then over the course of intra-party discussions, the Arizonan will show greater flexibility. On the other hand, if Sinema is entirely sincere, and she will oppose any measure to ask corporations to pay so much as an extra penny in taxes, then the senator’s comments are
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