Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich warned on Monday that Republicans must either pass tax cuts by July 4th or risk a recession that will cost them control their home in 2026.
On February 25, House Republicans advanced a budget resolution at the end of 2025 to extend President Donald Trump's first term tax cuts. This is expected to expire at the end of 2025. In “Morning with Maria Baltilomo,” Trump dealt with former President Joe Biden's economic weakness and argued that he needed to push through tax cuts. (Related: “I'm very intrigued”: Economist Steve Moore says Trump's customs deal is “dangerous” but it might work.)
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“We need to get those things done so that the economy will be dramatically stronger in 2026. We're sliding towards a recession, and that's just a fact,” Ginrich said. “We inherited as well [former President Ronald] Reagan inherited [former President Jimmy] Carter's bad economy, President Trump inherited Biden's bad economy. To get out of that bad economy, we need deregulation and tax cuts. ”
“And it will work in 2026 because you need them in May, June or the latest July 4th,” he continued. “If what we're trying to do keeps control over our homes and doesn't allow Democrats to cripple Trump's last two years with investigations, bluffing each, everything, that's important. [former House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi did that. ”
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“If we pass tax cuts and deregulation, we'll just see the ongoing movement that people want to create businesses, they want to go out and hire people, and together with the revolution that leads to artificial intelligence, we'll just see the ongoing movement that is America's most competitive society,” adds Ginrich. “But we have to do it quickly to keep House Republicans in 2026.”
Art Laffer, a former Reagan economist, explained Wednesday how Americans benefited from Trump's tax cuts.
“What we know very well is that tax cuts and employment will increase federal tax revenue. “It created the poverty level for minorities, disenfranchised, uneducated, and the lowest in American history.”
“If we could say one thing here, tax cuts and employment laws would raise taxes. The rich paid more taxes at lower tax rates. The revenues didn't rise,” he added. “And you know, this was victory, victory, victory, victory. Who on earth would want to raise taxes, collect tax rates, reduce income? To do something like that, you have to be stupid, blind, stupid.”
Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent had worked with Congress to extend the tax cuts and called it “the most important economic issue of the day.”
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