He represents a growing push to scrutinize corporate tax strategies and reframe the debate around who truly benefits from government support.
During a recent taping of Jubilee Media’s web series Surrounded at the company’s Los Angeles studios, Talarico sat down with roughly 20 undecided Texas voters to debate his policy positions.
The episode, which released on Monday, caught fire on social media after Talarico delivered a pointed reframing of conservative rhetoric about welfare spending.
“The biggest welfare queens in this country are the giant corporations that don’t pay a penny in federal taxes,” he said.
Talarico’s argument strikes at a real issue: Some of America’s largest corporations have legally structured their tax arrangements to minimize or eliminate federal income tax liability.
And I think that should apply to those billionaires, not just working people,” he said during the recent taping.
You can watch the entire Surrounded episode featuring James Talarico below:. »
