Repealing Tax Cuts to Fund Infrastructure ‘a Non-Starter,’ Say Business Leaders

Demands such as rolling back Trump's tax reform may impede the much-hoped-for infrastructure reform

Automobile traffic moves across the Woodrow Wilson Bridge along the Capitol Beltway during rush hour in Fort Washington, Md., on July 3, 2018. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—America’s infrastructure bill is long overdue, and there is strong bipartisan support to fix the nation’s “crumbling” highways, bridges, and ports. However, business leaders have slammed the Democrats’ plan to roll back tax reform to pay for it.

“Pulling back from tax reform to fund infrastructure is a one-step-forward, one-step-back dance,” U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas Donohue said at the 2019 Infrastructure Summit hosted by the organization on Feb. 5.