tax cuts for the rich
Trump individual income tax cut: $89 a day for the 1 percent; 11 cents a day for the poor
April 2, 2018The bottom 20 percent of taxpayers will get an average tax cut next year of $40 when they file their tax returns next year, covering 2018. They’re the folks making $20,000 or less.
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Unions: Workers will remember Trump tax deal in November
December 26, 2017The union leaders added it would throw 13 million people off health insurance by 2025, and raise premiums by 10 percent yearly for everyone else, due to a key provision yanking money from the Affordable Care...
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Tax cut bill: Corporate Christmas, New Year wish come true
December 26, 2017GOP President Donald Trump, who lobbied hard for the big tax cut for the 1 percent, signed the bill, HR1, on Dec. 22, and workers are left holding an empty bag as a result.
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Braving cold, protesters against GOP tax giveaway to rich jam Capitol
December 14, 2017Despite a deep freeze, progressives and unionists rallied on Dec. 13 to again demand Congress deep-six the GOP’s tax cut for the rich.
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Senate Republicans pass tax cut for rich
December 1, 2017“These cuts go to corporate stockholders. They don't go to raise wages. They go to executive compensation. They don't go to create jobs. They go to stock buybacks."
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