Democrats Are Party of Handouts to the Rich

Politicians’ actions don’t always match their words. This appears especially true of today’s Democrats. On the campaign trail and while in public office, the party’s leaders — from President Biden on down — criticize the wealthy and promise to help the poor. While most Democrats want to raise taxes on businesses and people with high incomes, the policies they’ve introduced over the past few years heavily favor and subsidize these same groups. Democrats are fast becoming the party of handouts to the rich.

My home state of Michigan is a case study. If you listen to the pronouncements of Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer, you’d think her policy agenda is focused on subsidizing workers and low-income families. In fact, key programs promoted by Whitmer and the new Democrat-controlled legislature throw huge sums of taxpayer money at the wealthy.

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Jarrett Skorup

Jarrett Skorup is the vice president for marketing and communications at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a free-market think tank in Michigan.

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Politicians’ actions don’t always match their words. This appears especially true of today’s Democrats. On the campaign trail and while in public office, the party’s leaders — from President Biden on down — criticize the wealthy and promise to help the poor. While most Democrats want to raise taxes on businesses and people with high incomes, the policies they’ve introduced over the past few years heavily favor and subsidize these same groups. Democrats are fast becoming the party of handouts to the rich.

My home state of Michigan is a case study. If you listen to the pronouncements of Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer, you’d think her policy agenda is focused on subsidizing workers and low-income families. In fact, key programs promoted by Whitmer and the new Democrat-controlled legislature throw huge sums of taxpayer money at the wealthy.