Northern Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie (R-Lewis County) is not committed one way or the other on tolls to fund the Brent Spence Bridge project.
In an interview with cn|2 during a stop in Alexandria this week, Massie called for more federal funding for the nation’s transportation infrastructure.
Massie also called recent calls by Democrats to raise the minimum wage “class warfare”.
See video from Massie’s interview: cn|2
Meanwhile, the first-term Republican introduced a bill that would eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits.
The bill would boost the retirement income of millions of older Americans, Massie’s office claimed in a news release.
“Seniors have already paid tax on their Social Security contributions, so taxing Social Security is double-taxing by the Federal Government,” Massie said in the news release. “Taxing Social Security reduces benefits to seniors.”
Rep. DeSantis (R-FL) said in the release, “Congressman Massie’s bill blows the whistle on the federal government for double taxing the Social Security benefits of senior citizens. Individuals already pay taxes to support Social Security, so there is no reason why these earned benefits should be taxed on the back end.”
Under the proposed legislation, Social Security benefits would neither be taxable nor reportable on individual tax returns, Massie’s office said.
“Taxing these benefits is an accounting sleight of hand that redistributes portions of the Social Security trust fund to other areas of government,” Massie concluded.
Photo: Rep. Thomas Massie