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Tax and Fiscal

Grade: C+

An analysis of Trump’s tax and fiscal record shows a below average commitment to limited government principles surrounding controlling spending and government growth. As President, Trump signed a number of fiscally irresponsible budgets and massive spending packages into law, in part contributing to a growth in the national debt of nearly $8 trillion (36%) during his time in office. However, Trump did sign a landmark tax reform bill which greatly spurred economic growth and took some executive actions to reduce waste within federal agencies.

Position

Weight

Action

-5

HR 133 Consolidated Appropriations Act (2020)

Signed a Crony $2.3 Trillion Spending Package Spanning 5,500 Pages with Handouts and Subsidies for Every Imaginable Special Interest.

-3

Exec Memorandum - Authorizing the Other Needs Assistance Program (2020)

Extended the $300 Enhanced Federal Unemployment Payments Maintaining High Unemployment and High Taxpayer Costs.

+3

Admin USCIS - Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds Rule (2020)

Protected Taxpayers by Requiring Consideration of an Immigrant’s Self-Sufficiency and History of Welfare Usage when Issuing Green Cards.

-3

HR 6201 Families First Coronavirus Response Act (2020)

Signed a Bill Containing Hundreds of Billions in COVID-19 Spending without Offsets or Critical Fiscal Restraints.

-4

HR 1865 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act (2019)

Signed a Bill Containing Hundreds of Billions in Irresponsible Spending and Special Interest Subsidies through an End-Of-Year Appropriation Package.

-2

HR 2157 Additional Supplemental Appropriations (2019)

Signed a Bill Appropriating Billions to Special Interests and Unnecessary Initiatives Under the Guise of “Emergency” Disaster Relief.

+3

Exec Order #13893 Administrative PAYGO (2019)

Increased Government Accountability by Requiring Executive Agencies to Propose Reductions in Mandatory Spending.

-1

Exec Order #13881 - Maximizing Use of American-Made Goods, Products, and Materials (2019)

Hiked Taxpayer Costs by Worsening Unnecessary Protectionist Procurement Mandates.

-5

HR 3877 Bipartisan Budget Act (2019)

Signed a Bill which Busted the Debt Limit and Budget Restraints Established under the Sequester to Advance $320 Billion in New Spending.

-2

S 3628 National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act (2018)

Signed a Bill Extending an Indebted and Costly Flood Insurance Program which Should be the Role of the Private Sector.

-3

HR 2 Agricultural Improvement Act (2018)

Signed a Farm Bill Worsening Cronyism and Government Dependency with Hundreds of Billions in Subsidies and Unnecessary Spending Programs.

+5

HR 1 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017)

Signed a Bill Spurring Economic Growth through Major Reductions in the Corporate and Small Business Tax Rates and Reducing the Death Tax.

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Energy and Environment

Grade: B+

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Law and Scope of Government

Grade: B+

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Workforce and Labor

Grade: A

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Regulations

Grade: A

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Individual Liberties

Grade: B+

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Education

Grade: A-

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Healthcare

Grade: A-

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Local and National Security

Grade: A-

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Free Speech and Elections

Grade: A

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