Joe Manchin Increased Taxes on the Working Class
In 2021, Sen. Joe Manchin didn’t just block an expanded child and anti-poverty tax credits that had lifted millions out of poverty. A new study shows it also resulted in a massive regressive tax increase on the working class.
Sen. Joe Manchin talks to reporters on Capitol Hill on March 22, 2023. (Jabin Botsford / the Washington Post via Getty Images)
Despite representing one of America’s poorest states, West Virginia senator Joe Manchin (D) decided in 2021 to kill legislation to extend expanded child and anti-poverty tax credits that were helping the working class.
The expiration of the expanded tax credits resulted in more than three million kids being thrown into poverty. New data shows it also resulted in a massive regressive tax increase on the working class.
The numbers from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy are stark: the Manchin Tax Increase resulted in single moms with two kids who were making $25,000 a year being hit with a 12.5 percent tax increase, and married couples with two kids who were making the same amount being hit with a nearly 9 percent tax increase.
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