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JD Vance argued for higher tax rates on childless Americans

As former President Donald Trump's new running mate, JD Vance, faces renewed scrutiny over his previous comments criticizing childless individuals, an unearthed 2021 interview shows the Ohio senator advocating for higher taxes on Americans without children.

The comments came in a 2021 episode of The Charlie Kirk Show podcast, where Kirk, the CEO of the conservative student organization Turning Point USA, was discussing how Republicans could shift public perception of certain conservative ideas from "unthinkable" to accepted policy.

"So JD... what are you going to do to change this conversation? Everything we have to do should be about moving ideas from unthinkable, to sensible, to popular, to policy," said Kirk, according to a video of the interview obtained by ABC News.

"So, you talk about tax policy, let's tax the things that are bad and not tax the things that are good," Vance said in the interview, which is no longer public on Kirk's channel. "If you are making $100,000, $400,000 a year and you've got three kids, you should pay a different, lower tax rate than if you are making the same amount of money and you don't have any kids. It's that simple."

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 @5T4J4TLDemocratfrom Connecticut commented…2mos2MO

This is what our current tax code basically does now, it’s just framed weirdly as resentment against childless people! Vance team correctly notes we do have child tax credits and deductions; Biden/Harris want to expand them by a lot.

 @ThriftySparrowDemocrat from New York agreed…2mos2MO

Yeah it’s good to know Vance is in favor of the child tax credit his party hates.

 @LobbyistDannyLibertarianfrom Ohio disagreed…2mos2MO

So he wants to tax the childless but not Billionaires and corporations...got it

 @CynicalSenateSeatLibertarian from Indiana commented…2mos2MO

Except the purpose is not to disincentivize “bad” behavior but rather to ensure that parents have the resources necessary to care for children, so that the burden doesn’t fall too heavily on the government. Leave the government directives on family planning to China.

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2mos2MO

How would you react if the government introduced policies that financially benefited your neighbors or peers more than you, based on their personal life choices such as having children?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2mos2MO

Should the government use tax policies to incentivize or discourage certain personal life choices, like having children?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2mos2MO

What impact might higher taxes on childless Americans have on society's view of family and childbearing?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2mos2MO

Do you believe it's fair to financially penalize individuals for choosing not to have children?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2mos2MO

How do you feel about the idea that people without children should pay higher taxes than those with children?

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