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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNYTimes: Trump Tax Plan Would Shift Trillions From U.S. Coffers to the Richest
WASHINGTON President Trumps proposal to slash individual and business taxes and erase a surtax that funds the Affordable Care Act would amount to a multitrillion-dollar shift from federal coffers to Americas richest families and their heirs, setting up a politically fraught battle over how best to use the governments already strained resources.
The outline that Mr. Trump offered on Wednesday less a tax overhaul plan than a list of costly cuts with no price tags attached, rushed out by a president staring down his 100-day mark in office calls for tax reductions for individuals of every income level as well as businesses large and small.
But the vast majority of benefits would accrue to the highest earners and largest holders of wealth, according to economists and analysts, accounting for a lopsided portion of the proposals costs.
The only Americans who are very clear winners under the new system are the wealthiest, said Edward D. Kleinbard, a law professor at the University of Southern California and former chief of staff of Congresss Joint Committee on Taxation, which estimates the revenue effects of tax proposals.
The outline that Mr. Trump offered on Wednesday less a tax overhaul plan than a list of costly cuts with no price tags attached, rushed out by a president staring down his 100-day mark in office calls for tax reductions for individuals of every income level as well as businesses large and small.
But the vast majority of benefits would accrue to the highest earners and largest holders of wealth, according to economists and analysts, accounting for a lopsided portion of the proposals costs.
The only Americans who are very clear winners under the new system are the wealthiest, said Edward D. Kleinbard, a law professor at the University of Southern California and former chief of staff of Congresss Joint Committee on Taxation, which estimates the revenue effects of tax proposals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/us/politics/individual-business-tax-wealth.html
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NYTimes: Trump Tax Plan Would Shift Trillions From U.S. Coffers to the Richest (Original Post)
spanone
Apr 2017
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Stargleamer
(1,992 posts)1. well, that was its intent
Plutocracy reigns supreme.
spanone
(135,925 posts)2. i'm glad the media is pointing it out.
dalton99a
(81,704 posts)3. Kick.
applegrove
(118,900 posts)4. Trump is getting rid of the Alternative Minimum Tax too.