2018 UT Senate race: on Tax Reform

Craig Bowden: Lower taxes for everyone

A: Lower taxes for everyone.

Jenny Wilson: Reform tax code to narrow income gap, not benefit top 1%

Wilson said Congress's rare rewrite of the tax code was a missed opportunity to simplify the tax system and narrow the ever-widening U.S. income gap. Perhaps the bill's biggest flaw, Wilson said, is the legacy of new federal debt it leaves to the nation's children over the next 10 years.

Were she already in Congress, Wilson would have never voted for the tax bill, which she said was drafted in secret and rushed through without public hearings. The bill may in fact have some benefits--like breaks for small business owners, Wilson said. She added that she would support tax reform that makes sense. "But most of this does not," she said.

Orrin Hatch: You can't argue with math: tax cuts for vast majority

Congress passed a $1.4 trillion overhaul of the U.S. tax code. Hatch played a major role in its drafting and shepherded the legislation through to passage. Conservatives claim the bill provides the largest tax cut in U.S. history and is good for the American middle class.

"You can't argue with math," Hatch said in a statement responding to Wilson's criticisms. "Studies from both left-leaning and right-leaning groups show that this historic legislation will lead to tax cuts for the vast majority of Utahns, with the largest cuts coming focused on the middle class. It is shocking that anyone would argue that working families in Utah should pay higher taxes."

Critics of the legislation, including Wilson, however, say only the top 1% of Americans and large corporations will get the most relief.