Well, one thing is for sure. Most every liberal I've engaged directly about the economy disengages all too quickly. It confirms that their contempt for America voting for Trump has made them irrational to the point of mild psychosis.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opin...ley-democrats-lie-jobs-act-column/1112960001/
Partisan politics too often distorts a healthy debate and misrepresents good policy. Case in point — the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
For the past two years, congressional Democrats have led a campaign of misinformation about tax reform. They’ve misled the American people and promoted a narrative full of distortions, misrepresentations and even flat-out lies about what the law does and doesn’t do. What’s worse, many in the media have served as their megaphone, providing a platform to deceive American taxpayers without commensurate fact-checking or context. A recognition of a few basic facts about tax reform is long overdue.
One of the most-covered falsehoods being spread about tax reform is that it’s a middle-class tax hike. It’s even become a favorite among 2020 presidential candidates. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, every income group in every state is paying less on average in 2019 because of tax reform. The liberal Tax Policy Center reports that, when looking at the individual income reforms only, nearly 70% of Americans earning between $30,000 and $50,000, and more than 80 % of Americans earning between $50,000 and $75,000 received a tax cut. Further, the average middle-income household paid approximately $800 less than they would have without the enactment of tax reform. If you include all major reform provisions, 80% of all taxpayers received a cut and around 90% of middle-income households received a tax cut averaging roughly $900.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opin...ley-democrats-lie-jobs-act-column/1112960001/
Partisan politics too often distorts a healthy debate and misrepresents good policy. Case in point — the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
For the past two years, congressional Democrats have led a campaign of misinformation about tax reform. They’ve misled the American people and promoted a narrative full of distortions, misrepresentations and even flat-out lies about what the law does and doesn’t do. What’s worse, many in the media have served as their megaphone, providing a platform to deceive American taxpayers without commensurate fact-checking or context. A recognition of a few basic facts about tax reform is long overdue.
One of the most-covered falsehoods being spread about tax reform is that it’s a middle-class tax hike. It’s even become a favorite among 2020 presidential candidates. According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, every income group in every state is paying less on average in 2019 because of tax reform. The liberal Tax Policy Center reports that, when looking at the individual income reforms only, nearly 70% of Americans earning between $30,000 and $50,000, and more than 80 % of Americans earning between $50,000 and $75,000 received a tax cut. Further, the average middle-income household paid approximately $800 less than they would have without the enactment of tax reform. If you include all major reform provisions, 80% of all taxpayers received a cut and around 90% of middle-income households received a tax cut averaging roughly $900.
