Summary
House Republicans are considering taxing employer-provided benefits like transit passes, free meals, and on-site gyms to help offset the cost of Trump’s proposed $10 trillion tax cuts.
The move could generate $157 billion over 10 years but faces opposition due to its potential impact on worker morale and return-to-office policies.
Experts warn it could lower employee productivity and force companies to reconsider benefits.
While the proposal remains uncertain, lawmakers may be forced to adopt unpopular measures to fund the tax cuts amid a $36 trillion federal deficit.
Yea, I wasn’t agreeing with them or anything, just adding that perspective. I’ve worked places with and without those perks and though IME they boosted morale, it’s definitely not a replacement for things like good pay or WFH options.
A lot of R policies and voters come from a place of making sure everyone’s life is as hard as possible rather than making things better. They didn’t have free/low cost education options? Neither can you. They had to go hungry? So should kids nowadays. They were beaten by their parents? They should get to as well. They have X difficulty or disability and it was not accommodated? Get rid of the ADA! To them, that’s what equality means. That’s why they scoff at the concept of both equality to access and equality of outcomes. They’re both unfathomable to them. It’s sad really. They think just because not everyone can live the same life, we shouldn’t try to make them as comparable as possible, because from their perspective no one helped them (regardless of if that’s the case or not).