Economics

Harris Wants to Cut Part of Trump Tax Law That Democrats Support

  • Her health plan would tax offshore profits same as domestic
  • Democrats helped devise international tax changes in GOP law
Health Care Dominates the Democratic Debate
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Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris says she would fund her health-care plan by rolling back one of the few changes in President Donald Trump’s tax law that Democrats actually wanted.

The California senator wants to fund her version of “Medicare For All,” which she says would allow Americans to buy into a public-run option or keep their private insurance, by taxing domestic and offshore profits at the same rate.