Michael Hiltzik: A Devastating Analysis of the Tax Cut Shows It���s Done Virtually No Economic Good: "You may remember all the glowing predictions made for the December 2017 tax cuts by congressional Republicans and the Trump administration: Wages would soar for the rank-and-file, corporate investments would surge, and the cuts would pay for themselves. The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service has just published a deep dive into the economic impact of the cuts in their first year, and emerges from the water with a different picture. The CRS finds that the cuts have had virtually no effect on wages, haven���t contributed to a surge in investment, and haven���t come close to paying for themselves. Nor have they delivered a cut to the average taxpayer...
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Published on May 31, 2019 04:52