Some entity should create and advertise a free, easy-to-use, economist-vetted, personal tax calculator app and web page to analyze tax and spending plans. It should allow anyone to input information from their tax return or pay stub (or off the top of their head). It should also include optional check boxes for Rick Scott’s and other Republican plans to freeze or eliminate Social Security and Medicare and replace them with something (or nothing) else. Then it would show them the effects on their taxes paid under the:
1] Biden plan 2] Trump plan 3] Trump fantasy all-tariff plan 4] Project 2025 plan
It should include estimates of personal spending or state tax hikes to replace federal programs that some GOP plans propose to increase or decrease. It should also show figures for the personal share of the federal deficit, and the amount of people’s tax money going to debt service. It might be great fun to share with your GOP friends.