White House Ties Republicans to a Tax-Hike Plan Disowned by GOP

President Joe Biden, in his battle to craft a winning message on the fight to tame decades-high inflation, has sought to tie Republicans to a plan that calls for higher taxes on low-income Americans.

There’s one problem: The GOP has disowned the proposal.

In recent days, Biden and his aides have repeatedly cited Republican Senator Rick Scott’s “Rescue America” plan -- from February. That program included a call for “all Americans” to pay “some income tax to have skin in the game.”

Rick Scott

Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg

The Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center estimates the proposal would raise taxes annually by $100 billion ...