Hot tip: Both parties should stop bribing voters with tax cuts

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/13/harris-trump-taxing-tips-2024/

You get a tax cut! And you get a tax cut! And you get a tax cut!

Both major-party presidential nominees sound pretty Oprah-esque these days. They’re pledging lower taxes to bribe important voting blocs, including all the tipped service workers in Nevada.

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Perhaps “bribe” sounds harsh. To some extent, politics is always transactional. Politicians often try to win votes by promising to improve people’s material interests. Maybe they pledge to deliver lower gas prices or a higher minimum wage. But usually those politicians at least offer the fig leaf of improving the greater social welfare or promoting equity or efficiency. Or something else similarly public-spirited-sounding.

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