{"id":1030507,"date":"2024-04-03T21:51:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T21:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1030507"},"modified":"2024-05-10T16:42:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T16:42:17","slug":"new-americans-overwhelmingly-support-president-bidens-efforts-to-slash-junk-fees-and-lower-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-americans-overwhelmingly-support-president-bidens-efforts-to-slash-junk-fees-and-lower-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW: Americans Overwhelmingly Support President Biden\u2019s Efforts To Slash Junk Fees and Lower Costs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to <\/em>new polling<\/em><\/a> showing voters in battleground states overwhelmingly support President Biden\u2019s work to slash junk fees, <\/em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAmericans overwhelmingly support President Biden\u2019s work to slash junk fees and bring down costs \u2013 even two-thirds of Republicans in critical states back President Biden\u2019s agenda to help Americans\u2019 pocketbooks. But Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans only care about rigging the economy for the ultra-wealthy, not helping working families. The difference this November could not be clearer: While President Biden fights to bring down costs for hardworking Americans, Trump is rooting for the economy to crash, doubling down on his tax giveaways for the mega wealthy, and planning a rerun of his disastrous MAGAnomics agenda that left him with the worst jobs record since the Great Depression.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW: Voters in battleground states overwhelmingly support President Biden\u2019s agenda that includes slashing junk fees and lowering costs for hardworking families.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navigator Research<\/a>: \u201cNearly Nine in Ten Battleground Constituents Want Congress to Pass Laws Banning or Limiting Junk Fees\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy a 79-point margin, nearly nine in ten battleground constituents support congressional action on junk fees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNearly three in four battleground constituents believe that it is important for Congress to address hidden and unexpected fees (73 percent), including 85 percent of Democrats and 67 percent of both independents and Republicans.<\/strong> An even larger share \u2014 87 percent \u2014 support Congress passing a ban on hidden and unexpected fees altogether, while just 8 percent are opposed. Support for congressional action is strong across partisanship, including 95 percent of Democrats, 85 percent of independents, and 81 percent of Republicans.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Biden\u2019s actions to cut junk fees are popular across the political spectrum. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data For Progress<\/a>: \u201cWe also tested support for the Junk Fee Prevention Act, which would ban hidden or extra fees on items like cable and cell phone bills, apartment rental applications, and concert and sporting event tickets. We find that the proposal is overwhelmingly popular, with support from 77% of voters \u2014 including 81% of Democrats, 78% of Independents, and 72% of Republicans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morning Consult<\/a>: \u201cA new Morning Consult survey shows Biden\u2019s proposals have bipartisan support, with clear majorities of Democrats, Republicans and independents saying Congress should pass laws limiting these so-called \u2018junk fees.\u2019 Overall, about 3 in 4 Americans support the measures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navigator Research<\/a>: \u201cMore than three in five independents (64%) and Republicans (62%) support Biden and Democrats\u2019 Junk Fees Prevention Act. \u2026 Even higher shares support their plan to lower limits on credit card late fees (74% independents, 68% Republicans).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global Strategy Group<\/a>: \u201cCosts remain Americans\u2019 top concern, and most believe the Administration\u2019s work to crack down on \u2018price gouging\u2019 and eliminate \u2018hidden junk fees\u2019 will lower costs for them. Two thirds (68%) say hidden junk fees are a growing problem, and 60% also believe \u2018crack[ing] down on price gouging by banning hidden junk fees\u2019 would be effective at lowering costs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While President Biden works to lower costs for hardworking families, Donald Trump\u2019s MAGAnomics agenda is all about benefiting the ultra-wealthy \u2013 which he has promised to double down on in a second term. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cYou\u2019re all people that have a lot of money \u2026 You\u2019re rich as hell. We\u2019re gonna give you tax cuts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cTrump and his advisers have discussed deeper cuts to both individual and corporate tax rates that would build on his controversial 2017 tax law \u2026 Further cutting corporate taxes \u2026 would primarily benefit large firms.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bloomberg<\/a>: \u201c[Trump] intends to center his economic plans on extending and deepening the Republican tax cuts from 2017.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vanity Fair<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump Wants to Give His Favorite Corporations Another Giant Tax Cut in a Second Term: Report\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CBS News<\/a>: \u201cTwo years after Trump tax cuts, middle-class Americans are falling behind\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forbes<\/a>: \u201cTrump Tax Cuts Helped Billionaires Pay Less Taxes Than The Working Class In 2018\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Economic Policy Institute<\/a>: \u201cThe TCJA overwhelmingly benefited the rich and corporations while overlooking working families\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump is actively rooting for the U.S. economy to crash for his own political gain. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/a>: \u201cAnd when there\u2019s a crash \u2014 I hope it\u2019s going to be during this next 12 months because I don\u2019t want to be Herbert Hoover. The one president I just don\u2019t want to be, Herbert Hoover.\u201d
Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cDonald Trump admitted Monday that he wants a severe economic downturn to happen during the next year, because it will help his odds of winning the presidential election.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to new polling showing voters in battleground states overwhelmingly support President Biden\u2019s work to slash junk fees, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:  \u201cAmericans overwhelmingly support President Biden\u2019s work to slash junk fees and bring down costs \u2013 even two-thirds of Republicans in critical states back President Biden\u2019s agenda […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1030507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNEW: Americans Overwhelmingly Support President Biden\u2019s Efforts To Slash Junk Fees and Lower Costs - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-americans-overwhelmingly-support-president-bidens-efforts-to-slash-junk-fees-and-lower-costs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-04-03T21:51:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-10T16:42:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-americans-overwhelmingly-support-president-bidens-efforts-to-slash-junk-fees-and-lower-costs\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-americans-overwhelmingly-support-president-bidens-efforts-to-slash-junk-fees-and-lower-costs\/\",\"name\":\"NEW: Americans Overwhelmingly Support President Biden\u2019s Efforts To Slash Junk Fees and Lower Costs - 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