Tim Scott is running on the same failed MAGAnomics as Donald Trump. His economic agenda is all about lining the pockets of billionaires and corporations while leaving working families behind. 

Scott proudly boasts about being an “architect” of Trump’s failed tax scam that rigged the economy in favor of the ultra-wealthy and largest corporations — and as president, he wants to take it further.

Scott: “We also reduced the corporate tax from 35 to 21 percent. We need more of the same. … We need to recalibrate our [corporate] taxes to take them a little lower from our perspective. Maybe down to about 16 percent.”

Scott on the TCJA: “I helped write the bill for the past year, have multiple provisions included, got multiple Senators on board.”

Scott often touts Opportunity Zones as a significant achievement in closing inequality gaps, but growing evidence suggests the policy is little more than a handout to wealthy investors and is actually leaving low-income communities behind. 

PBS NewsHour: “Trump-era Opportunity Zones meant to help low-income communities exploited by investors” 

New York Times: “A new tax break that President Trump frequently touts as a boon to black Americans and hard-hit communities is spurring relatively little job creation while disproportionately helping high-profit real estate projects and not small businesses, an extensive new study by the Urban Institute has found.” 

The State: “Studies of the opportunity zone program have given mixed reviews. Across the country, designated opportunity zones with the highest median household incomes received more investments through 2020 compared to the lowest-income areas in the program, according to a study by the Treasury Department’s Office of Tax Analysis released in June.”

Scott has vowed to rip up legislation signed by President Biden that helps Americans with high costs and ensures the largest corporations pay their fair share.

Scott: “I would simply eliminate the IRA, the Inflation Reduction Act… I would start the process of gutting that legislation. I would eliminate the vast majority, if not all of the green energy credits. I would eliminate every single one that I could from an executive perspective. But I would also engage Congress to reverse that legislation.” 

Scott is proudly anti-union and would continue putting the interests of corporations ahead of workers as president.

NBC: “Tim Scott, asked about auto strikes, praises past firing of striking federal workers”

Scott: “We also reduced the corporate tax from 35 to 21 percent. We need more of the same. … Maybe down to about 16 percent.”