The New York Times editorial board took to Twitter on Wednesday to urge readers to call their senators and express opposition to the Republican tax reform bill.
The editorial board updated the New York Times opinion section’s Twitter account to read that it was "temporarily taking over this acct.” to share opposition to the bill, which the board argued “hurts the middle class & the nation's fiscal health.”
The board argued that the bill favors the wealthy and would add $1.4 trillion to the federal debt over 10 years.
Here is today’s editorial: GOP senators can follow the will of their donors & vote to take money from the middle class and give it to the wealthiest people in the world. Or they can vote no, to protect the public. #thetaxbillhurtshttps://t.co/bHYJcMTMjU
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
Your individual tax cuts will go away after 2025. But the big cut in corporate tax rates will be permanent. #thetaxbillhurts
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
Up to 13 million people could lose their health insurance and premiums will go up about 10% a year for the next decade. #thetaxbillhurtshttps://t.co/TiTaAAqI7a pic.twitter.com/ZDXm7KV2da
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
The Senate tax bill will add more than $1.4 trillion to the federal debt over 10 years. That's money middle class taxpayers will have to pay off. #thetaxbillhurtshttps://t.co/e5pxkXyfHR
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
The tax cut bills in the Senate and House would lead to an automatic $25 billion cut in Medicare next year. Many other programs would be cut, too. #thetaxbillhurtshttps://t.co/k6vRHTXoHg
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
Despite what GOP senators have said, there will be no economic boom. The bill would boost the economy by less than 1% over 10 years. #thetaxbillhurtshttps://t.co/wJTt8vEDjT pic.twitter.com/GvEuxyBjhK
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
What tax cut? Middle class families in California, New York and New Jersey will pay more because of the Senate bill’s elimination of long-standing state and local tax deductions. #thetaxbillhurts https://t.co/fwFUGIBegW
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
The tax plan favors red states over blue states, threatening to permanently poison our political system. #thetaxbillhurts https://t.co/8ma05Z1Xf6
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
The account targeted Republican senators including Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Ala.) and Susan Collins (Maine), as well as Arizona Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake and urged them to reject it. The phone numbers for the senators’ offices and asked readers to call were also posted.
Now is the time to contact senators, if you haven’t done so already, about this tax cut plan. Find yours here: https://t.co/AkqImNKzhT #thetaxbillhurts pic.twitter.com/cNYsE6Rjrl
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
Contact @SenatorCollins, (202) 224-2523, particularly if you live in Maine, and ask her to oppose the Senate tax bill because it would repeal Obamacare's individual mandate, driving up the cost of health insurance. #thetaxbillhurts pic.twitter.com/id69OJ4CPC
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
Contact @SenJohnMcCain and @JeffFlake, particularly if you live in Arizona, and tell them to oppose the tax bill: It would add more than $1.4 trillion to the deficit over 10 years without helping the middle class. #thetaxbillhurts
Flake: (202) 224-4521
McCain: (202) 224-2235 pic.twitter.com/PvXI1b3Xd4
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
Contact @LisaMurkowski, (202) 224-6665, particularly if you live in Alaska, to say she should oppose the Senate tax bill because it would drive up the cost of health insurance by repealing Obamacare's individual mandate. #thetaxbillhurts pic.twitter.com/vL9y3zAaF6
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 29, 2017
The account later tweeted it would return to its “regular programming.”
Some criticized the Times editorial board for participating in advocacy rather than analysis.
