How great would it be to have to pay exactly zero dollars in federal income taxes? Pretty awesome, right? Well, that’s exactly what President Trump wants to make happen for middle class Americans. According to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, President Trump’s goal is “no tax” for individuals who make less than $150,000 per year. Watch what Secretary Lutnick had to say about President Trump’s tax plan for yourself here: BREAKING: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says President Trump wants no taxes for people who make less than $150,000 a year. pic.twitter.com/J1COS3sMxm — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 13, 2025 BREAKING Commerce Sec Howard Lutnick just said Trump’s goal is to ELIMINATE taxes for people who make less than $150,000 a year THIS IS A MASSIVE WIN FOR AMERICA THIS IS LIFE CHANGING pic.twitter.com/SqYkQrwe3J — MAGA Voice (@MAGAVoice) March 13, 2025 You can watch the full CBS interview with Howard Lutnick here: From Live Mint: United States Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has claimed that US President Donald Trump’s “goal” is “no tax” for anyone earning below $150,000 annually. Speaking to CBS on March 12, Lutnick said, “how about no tax on tips? how about no tax on overtime? How about no social security? How about all those things — these are the kind of thoughts that will change America. I know what his (Donald Trump) goal is… no tax, for anybody who makes less than $150,000 a year. That’s his goal. That’s what I’m working for.” If this happens, it would be a huge game-changer for many Americans. Middle-class folks, imagine actually being able to keep all of the money that you earn. This plan is garnering a lot of support from patriots: This will likely be one of the most popular pieces of legislation to ever pass in American history. https://t.co/gkXrKgVaVI — Dominic Michael Tripi (@DMichaelTripi) March 13, 2025 No income taxes for those making under $150k would be a great move. it will help so many people and that policy could also stimulate the economy. — Christian Patriot (@Blessed_Patriot) March 13, 2025 However, some people would rather see income tax abolished entirely, regardless of tax bracket: How about no income taxes for everyone!!!!! Replace it with a sales tax. Income tax is theft. Who do they think they are taxing our labor. — Jeff4Truth (@JJeff4t) March 13, 2025 Take it up to $500k and make it inflation adjusted. Or better yet scrap it altogether. It was originally set at 4% on incomes over $1 million in like 1913 which would be like $90 million today. — Steven Smith (@sstackmore) March 13, 2025 Others are questioning the idea altogether: Why not? I disagree with this. All Americans should be required to fund the government. It can’t just fall on the minority of Americans who make over $150k. Why should they pay for OUR government? When you don’t pay taxes you have no incentive to keep taxes or spending low. Why… — Santiago (@fezzaririder) March 13, 2025 That’s not workable. Everyone should pay SOME taxes, but a flat percentage would be more fair than the progressive system we have now. — ConservativeCauses (@Conservative0rg) March 13, 2025 What are your thoughts? Would you like to see income tax abolished?

Well, well well. You try to ban chemical food dyes and guess who shows up? Well, the American Beverage Association just sent in the cavalry. They’re swarming West Virginia’s Capitol to stop a bill banning synthetic food dyes. Health Secretary RFK Jr. wants the dyes gone, linking them to kids’ behavioral issues, and other health issues. West Virginia is set to be the first state to pull the plug, but Big Soda is trying to fight it. Apparently they don’t want to spend the extra cost to use natural dyes in the sodas. NEWS: Big Soda is trying to stop West Virginia lawmakers from banning harmful chemical food dyes, warning elected officials their state will face job losses and empty grocery store shelves if they go ahead with the health mandate. “My question to them is, why aren’t the kids of… pic.twitter.com/71nxtoVojE — Amber Duke (@ambermarieduke) March 12, 2025 RFK Jr has been saying for years that food dyes are not healthy. A new report, described as “the most rigorous assessment of the behavioral effects of food dyes ever conducted,” is based on a review of the results of 27 clinical trials in children performed on four continents over the last 45 years. #TheDefender https://t.co/TB4NzOUt9m — Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) May 11, 2021 Daily Caller reports: Lobbyists from the American Beverage Association (ABA) descended on West Virginia’s state Capitol building Tuesday in an attempt to thwart a bill that would ban synthetic food dyes, lawmakers told the Daily Caller. National lobbyists, who rarely, if ever, show up to Charleston, came out in full force to oppose HB 2354, which would ban the in-state sale of any food products containing Red 3, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2 and Green 3. Newly minted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has lambasted the synthetic dyes and touted studies which show the dyes are linked to negative neurobehavioral outcomes in children. Kennedy Jr. held a meeting with top executives from the food and beverage industries Monday, making clear his desire to eliminate synthetic dies from American food products before he leaves office. Following suit, West Virginia appears poised to become the first state to enact sweeping legislation to ban nearly all synthetic dyes, though not before the lobbyists have their say. “I don’t think that they really care about what West Virginia does,” state senator Jason Barrett, who sponsored the senate’s version of the bill, told the Daily Caller. “I think they care about the message that West Virginia is sending to the rest of the country, that we’re willing to have the courage and we’re willing to be the first one to ban these harmful synthetic food dyes.” The legislature passed the bill by a large margin on March 4. Out of 100 state house delegates, 93 voted in favor, as did 31 of 34 senators. Typically after the state senate amends a bill as they did last Wednesday, the house would take it up the next day to concur, state Rep. Evan Worrell, who chairs the West Virginia House Health and Human Resources Committee, told the Daily Caller. However, the House held the bill from concurrence last Thursday, then again on Friday. “It’s frustrating because we have a new governor, he’s very Trump, MAGA. He supports the MAHA agenda but he is being worked over by the beverage association,” Worrell explained. ABA, who represent PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and a plurality of other non-alcoholic beverages and soft drink corporations in America, have had national representation in West Virginia’s capital, Charleston, since the bill’s passage. “It’s very uncommon for ABA to send a DC lobbyist to Charleston,” Barrett, who rolled his own bill banning synthetic dyes in school lunches into the larger senate bill, told the Caller. The lobbyists have been threatening lawmakers with job losses and barren grocery store shelves. “The natural result will be empty store shelves and sky-high grocery prices,” West Virginia Beverage Association (WVBA) president Larry Swann told legislators in an email obtained by the Daily Caller. Swann also threatened Worrell with a shutdown of a new Pepsi distribution center in his district. “The first thing he told me two weeks ago was that all these people are gonna lose their jobs if I run this bill,” he told the Caller. “I got mad and slammed my fist on the table and I told him, ‘Don’t ever threaten me with jobs again. I’ll make sure everybody knows who you really are.’” Swann, Worrell noted, had hardly ever made his presence in the capital known, until now. “I’ve been here seven years in the house, this is the most I’ve ever seen him. I’ve never even seen him in our hallway. He’s never been around. Very rarely have I seen him but now he’s been in the halls every day since this bill,” Worrell said.  Swann’s email claimed that 60% of grocery store items in the state would disappear. A spokesperson for Americans for Food and Beverage Choice reiterated the claim, noting that a mass ban of food dyes would impact consumers negatively because of widespread supply chain disruptions. Seems like they’re really panicked over this bill. Vani Hari writes: The American Beverage Association is saying if States ban dyes, 60% of their store shelves would be empty. Admitting that 60% of grocery store food has petroleum and coal tar based ingredients in them – this in itself is a travesty and why we desperately need this legislation to pass. When Europe regulations took place in 2010, it was less than a year for the top food companies to reformulate their products without dyes. They don’t need to reinvent the wheel, they already have the formulations and are using scare tactics to keep poisoning Americans with ingredients they don’t use in other countries. The American Beverage Association is saying if States ban dyes, 60% of their store shelves would be empty. Admitting that 60% of grocery store food has petroleum and coal tar based ingredients in them – this in itself is a travesty and why we desperately need this legislation to… — Vani Hari (@thefoodbabe) March 12, 2025 I guess Big Soda wasn’t happy about RFJ Jr wanting to ban a $113 billion program that benefited them. RFK Jr. suggests banning candy and soda from the $113 billion government program for low-income families: ‘We shouldn’t be subsidizing people to eat poison’. I would go one step further and ban processed foods. #MAHA pic.twitter.com/xXl1rePvhE — Jill McGowan (@Arizona4RFKJR) February 23, 2025 And how much of it are we funding? Did you know that our tax dollars essentially subsidize Coca-Cola and PepsiCo? Our SNAP program spends $115B a year and about 10% goes to Big Soda. Nearly $11.5B to Big Soda. SNAP’s motto is supposed to be “putting healthy food within reach.” How does subsidizing Coke do that? pic.twitter.com/MZD22KV3PC — Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) February 18, 2025 Time to remove the high fructose syrup from soda, along with the dyes. Sean Hannity: “Do you have a problem with sugary drinks or Diet Coke?” RFK Jr: “Yes.” “I’m not gonna take them away from people, but we shouldn’t be subsidizing them.” “We need to change that, and we are gonna change that. We’re gonna do that very quickly.” pic.twitter.com/AgYCJwUVDQ — American Values (@AVPac_US) March 12, 2025 They can avoid the whole issue with chemical dyes by bringing back Crystal Pepsi, made with sugar. Problem solved. Who remembers Crystal Pepsi? pic.twitter.com/NYmuDoIKt9 — Jaime (@jayhawk4life519) January 21, 2025

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Over the past week or so, the “Make America Healthy Again” movement has impacted federal and state policy regarding the fluoridation of public water, food oversight, and vaccination priorities. Utah, for example, will become the first state in the nation to ban the addition of fluoride to public drinking water. Currently, only two counties in the state add the chemical to their water supply, but nearly half of all state residents live in those counties. The legislation is sponsored by Republican Rep. Stephanie Gricius, who argues that it’s expensive to add fluoride, and nixing this addition is about promoting “individual choice.” The bill notably moves to allow pharmacists to prescribe fluoride tablets to those who need the mineral. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox has said he will sign the bill into law, which would take effect on May 7.  Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the figurehead of the MAHA movement, has routinely spoken out against the practice of fluoridation. Just before the election, he posted on X that on Day One of Donald Trump’s presidency, he would advise that all U.S​. water systems remove fluoride from public water. He’s also called fluoride an “industrial waste” and says it’s associated with numerous negative effects, like arthritis, IQ loss, and thyroid disease.  RFK Jr. has highlighted other studies and a ruling from an Obama-appointed federal judge back in October that said fluoride in drinking water presents an “unreasonable risk” and ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to respond. However, it’s not just Kennedy and MAHA figures debating fluoridation practices. Dr. Leana Wen, for example, has said that such a policy must be re-evaluated. Wen is notably the former president of the Planned Parenthood abortion mill and strongly opposed Kennedy Jr. as HHS secretary, calling him a “conspiracy theorist.” “Yes, it is true that, historically, fluoridating public water saved a lot of teeth, that it was good for oral health, but times have changed and the incremental benefit is not nearly as much as it was before the widespread availability of fluoridated toothpaste,” Wen recently told ABC News. “There are still about three million Americans living in areas where the fluoride level is above 1.5 mg/L, where harm has been associated,” she continued. “I think there’s a good question about what should the level be? Maybe the EPA’s maximum level should be lowered. Maybe people living in areas with high fluoride concentration should be told that that’s the case. Maybe certain individuals who are particularly vulnerable, like pregnant women and young children, should be told to use fluoride water filters.” “I definitely think that more studies are needed,” Wen added. “But in the meantime … it would not be unreasonable to give people a choice, that people in those areas might want to know if that’s the case.”  As noted by Wen, proponents of water fluoridation argue that it’s safe in drinking water at low levels and is important for oral health, which could impact one’s overall health. They also say that it’s particularly helpful for lower-income communities, arguing that toothpaste and mouthwash with fluoride might not be as affordable or accessible for everyone.  A number of other states and communities have been battling out the question of fluoridation since RFK Jr.’s rise in the last election. And though Utah will be the first state to ban fluoridation, Hawaii also does not add fluoride to its water supply, though there is no ban in place. On vaccine protocol, the National Institutes of Health will stop spending money to find out why Americans are hesitant to take vaccines. The NIH, which is part of HHS, is terminating or scaling back more than 40 related grants and has said that such spending no longer aligns with NIH priorities.  Additionally, as previously reported by The Daily Wire, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is also studying whether there is any link between vaccinations and the rise in autism. A CDC study from 2020 found that one in 36 children in the U.S. have been diagnosed with autism. On food, RFK Jr. has directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revise a rule that allows companies to “self-affirm” the safety of food ingredients. Under the revision, manufacturers will have to publicly submit safety data for new ingredients. HHS says such enhanced oversight will “bring transparency to American consumers.”  Also, on Monday, Kennedy met with executives from major food companies, including PepsiCo, General Mills, and Kellogg’s, and urged them to eliminate certain dyes from their recipes. The Daily Wire has previously covered the other ways the MAHA movement has impacted the food industry from the very start of President Donald Trump’s second term.  Related: ‘MAHA’ Update: Here Are RFK’s Latest Moves On Big Food And Big Pharma