Wealthiest Netted Billions From Trump Tax Cut They Helped Write: Report

Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/11/wealthiest-netted-billions-trump-tax-cut-they-helped-write-report ProPublica’s new investigation reveals how the pass-through businesses deduction benefited the nation’s richest. ANDREA GERMANOS August 11, 2021 A ProPublica investigation published Wednesday shows how Republican lawmakers and industry groups maneuvered to secure in the 2017 GOP tax law provisions that delivered … Continued

Rigged: New Report Details How Combined $5.1 Trillion in Tax Cuts by Administrations Since 200 Went Mostly to Nation’s Richest

Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/07/11/rigged-new-report-details-how-combined-51-trillion-tax-cuts-bush-obama-and-trump “When people demand specifics on how to pay for expansions to social insurance, income supports, and public investments, seems like part of the answer is just ‘we could stop doing this.’” Published on Wednesday, July 11, 2018 … Continued

Tell Congress: No Tax Cuts that Help Wealthy People and Corporations at the Expense of Struggling Persons and Families

From People Demanding Action (http://pdaction.org/): Washington has begun a historic―and disastrous―debate. Donald Trump and Republican leaders in Congress want to enact massive tax cuts that will mostly benefit millionaires and billionaires and wealthy corporations paid for by deep budget cuts … Continued