Monday, April 15, 2019

NYT Fact Check: Actually, the Overwhelming Majority of Americans Got a Tax Cut, Despite Democrats' False Propaganda

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NYT Fact Check: Actually, the Overwhelming Majority of Americans Got a Tax Cut, Despite Democrats' False Propaganda

It's tax day in America, and if Democrats had gotten their way in 2017, the vast majority of Americans would be paying higher taxes this year.  Every single Congressional Democrat voted against the GOP-passed tax reform law that slashed tax burdens for approximately 80 percent of all households --- including an even higher percentage of middle-income families.  The Left has deliberately and repeatedly lied about this reality, with minimal and perfunctory fact-checking from the media.  As a result, only a fraction of the country realizes that their overall federal tax bill went down, based on recent polling.  It's important to set the record straight, and today is a good opportunity to do so.  According to the Treasury Department, fully 90 percent of US workers experienced higher take-home pay in 2018 thanks to the new law.  And here are the overall numbers, courtesy of the left-leaning Tax Policy Center:

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