After Voting for Tax Law, Rubio Slams It for Helping Corporations Over Workers
- Florida Republican aligns himself with Democrats on tax law
- Stock buybacks have jumped as wages show modest increase
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Republican Senator Marco Rubio broke with his party by blasting last year’s tax overhaul for benefiting corporations rather than workers.
“When corporation uses profits for stock buy back it’s deciding that returning capital to shareholders is better for business than investing in their products or workers,” Rubio said in a tweet Thursday. “Tax code encourages this. No surprise we have work life that is unstable & low paying.”