Trump called for no taxes on overtime pay, his latest economic pitch to voters at a rally in Arizona.
In his latest economic pitch to voters, former President Trump on Thursday called for no taxes on overtime pay while speaking to supporters at a campaign stop in Tucson.
The Republican nominee has already called for an end to taxes on tips and on Social Security benefits, though he has not addressed how the federal government would address the resulting deficit. Still, the announcement about overtime pay drew cheers from the Arizona crowd Thursday afternoon.
“That gives people more incentive to work,” Trump said about his new proposal. “The people who work overtime are among the hardest-working citizens of our country, and for too long, no one in Washington has been looking out for them.”
The Harris campaign responded by blasting Trump’s record as president, when his administration decided not to continue defending an Obama-era rule that would have extended overtime benefits to more than 4 million workers.
“No matter how much he lies now, Donald Trump’s record and agenda are clear — as president, he stole millions of dollars of wages from the workers he purports to represent,” Harris-Walz campaign spokesperson Joseph Costello said in a statement.
