U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker is right about 1.5 billion being spent on efforts to bolster urban tree cover. He exaggerated when he said the bill will 'raise taxes' on middle- and lower-income Americans.
have used trees as a rhetorical punching bag.that ridiculed spending in the Inflation Reduction Act on such"wasteful" efforts as"‘tree equity,’ ‘clean’ garbage trucks and studying cow farts."The new law allocates $1.5 billion to the U.S. Forest Service’s, which averages to $150 million a year over the bill's 10-year life.
That’s a substantial cash infusion for the program, which has been funded at around $30 million to $40 million per year for the past few years, said Matt Spitsen, program development manager for the Arbor Day Foundation, which promotes tree planting.Walker said the legislation would raise"taxes on those making under $200k.
But there’s an important caveat: The joint committee analysis looked only at the tax side of the bill, not at spending provisions that could offset those tax increases for most families. The latter includes tax credits for people who buy electric vehicles and implement energy-efficiency improvements; multiyearFeatured Fact-check
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