Corporations and the Ultra-Wealthy Must Pay Their Fair Share

It is time to stop handing out massive tax breaks to large corporations, mega-developers, and the ultra-wealthy. Working families and small businesses should never be forced to subsidize those who already hold the vast majority of our nation's wealth. Corporate incentives are often sold as strategic wins to attract new industry, but the bill for those tax breaks doesn’t just vanish. Instead, the financial burden shifts directly onto local citizens and small-business owners, who are left holding the tab for the infrastructure upgrades these massive developments require—even when the projects don't benefit the local community.

While big businesses can bring value, we must keep their impact in perspective. Utah’s small, medium, and mom-and-pop businesses plant their roots deep in our towns. They don't threaten to pack up and leave for the next tax haven, yet their collective contribution to our economy is routinely ignored by a system that favors Wall Street over Main Street. Main Street businesses pay their full share of taxes, and it is time the largest corporations do the same.