In fact, it’s the first issue listed on her campaign website, and according to McGinty, the middle class has “gotten the short end of the stick for far too long.”
But yesterday, Katie McGinty admitted she’s okay with making that stick even shorter. As reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer, McGinty was asked three times whether she opposed tax increases on people earning less than $250,000 a year. Here’s the exchange:
Asked by reporters if that meant she would oppose any tax increases on people earning less than $250,000 a year, McGinty wasn’t firm.
"I’m talking about tax cuts – that’s where my focus is," she said.
Asked then if she would rule out tax increases for anyone earning between $50,000 and $250,000, McGinty said, "I have been proposing tax cuts – that’s where my focus is. I think that working people in the middle class need a break, that’s what my whole campaign is about."
Questioned a third time by reporters, she said, "I don’t have any interest in tax increases on middle class families."
This isn’t the first time McGinty has proposed a middle class tax increase. She’s proposed tax hikes twice during her senate campaign already, and has done so in every government position she’s ever held.