Commentary: The GOP tax plan contains giveaways for the wealthy, and puts the lie to Trump's populism
by Scott Lemieux, Los Angeles Times
Nov 06, 2017
3 minutes
After some delays, House Republicans finally released their tax-cut plan Thursday. The Republicans had trouble coming up with a proposal for the same reason they had trouble coming up with a replacement for the Affordable Care Act: Outside of the Republican donor class, their goals are deeply unpopular. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act reveals that President Trump and House Speaker Paul D. Ryan are, in different ways, utter frauds.
Despite a few sops to middle-class families with children, the bill redistributes
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