Kamala Harris’s running mate Tim Walz endorsed an individual mandate tax, a steep middle class tax increase that would hit tens of thousands of Wisconsin households if re-imposed during a Harris-Walz administration.

Walz voted to impose the individual mandate tax in the first place: He voted it into law as a House member in 2010.

Both Walz and Harris voted to keep the individual mandate tax in place, during votes in the House and Senate in 2017, when Donald Trump and Republicans removed the tax penalty as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Harris also tweeted her objection to its repeal here.

Key facts:

  • 80,380 Wisconsin households were hit with the individual mandate tax in 2017, according to IRS statistics.
  • Wisconsin households paid an average individual mandate tax of $687. They paid the IRS a total of $55,181,000 in individual mandate taxes.
  • 78% of Wisconsin households hit with the individual mandate tax made less than $50,000.
  • The individual mandate tax hit households with a tax ranging from $695 – $2,085 depending on household size.
  • The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed by President Trump in 2017 removed the individual mandate tax.
  • But on Tuesday Walz endorsed the individual mandate tax. JD Vance shot back: “You think the individual mandate is a good idea?”
  • Walz voted to impose the individual mandate tax in the first place. He voted it into law as a House member in 2010.
  • Both Walz and Harris voted to keep the individual mandate tax in place, during votes in the House and Senate in 2017.
  • The individual mandate tax violates Harris’s pledge against any tax hike on any American making less than $400,000 per year.
  • Harris and Walz are pushing a long list of tax increases totaling $5 trillion over the next ten years. Wisconsinites cannot afford more tax increases.

Stay tuned for updates at ATR’s special website Kamalanomics.org