President Trump has been trying to fast track tax reform since he’s entered the whitehouse, but it comes with backlash from boomerang effects. Democrats and Republicans on both sides claimed it would harm middle class citizens. But is is the middle class already being harmed by individual mandate laws that fine low income individuals tax returns, as a result for not being able to afford skyrocketing premiums through the ACA?

In a recent report from CBSnews, The House GOP revised the tax reform bill to tax income at higher rates overtime. The article has the normal banter on taxes from both sides, good for middle class, bad for middle class. One thing that stood out in the report was how the GOP finds a struggle to remove the Individual Mandate law that fines US citizens for not being enrolled in the ACA. Fines are issued when tax returns are filed, and can peak up to $700. For struggling young Americans just getting into the groove of life, that’s a first emergency fund setup, or two monthes of health insurance through the ACA paid ahead of time to make it easier to save for the upcoming monthes ahead, gone.

Rep. Tom Cole mentions that getting healthcare involved in tax reform isn’t the best idea right now. But if being fined from your tax return for not being able to afford the premiums the ACA requires you to pay to receive healthcare benefits, then healthcare and tax reform have already been blended together.

There seems to be a general disconnect between the average middle class American, and the representives that govern the economic laws they live with. A lot of messages have been sent and retracted on both sides of the isle, but the message from President Trump remains the same. He wants the biggest tax cut in decades for businesses and citizens nationwide.

During a meeting on Thursday including Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan, trump told Kevin Brady, chairmain of the Way and Means Committee, that he wants to see the Tax Reform plan signed by Christmas. A version of the bill is currently being rushed through lower chambers of congress, but there’s no direct word on the removal of the Individual Mandate.

House Republicans are aiming to move the bill through the lower chamber as quickly as possible so Trump has some version of a tax bill to sign by Christmas.

“We’re going to move promptly next week … to begin action on this tax cut.” – Kevin Brady