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Trump’s war on the middle class

Trump’s war on the middle class

It’s another day in Trump’s America—and another day to stand up for what’s right. Get the facts to fight back.

Remember Trump’s “middle-class” tax cut? Not so much.

“No one will gain more from tax cuts than low and middle-income Americans.”

That’s what Trump said on August 8, 2016. Three years later, it’s clear that he broke his promise to working Americans:

  • The average tax cut for the top 1% of earners was $55,190. For the bottom 40% of earners (those making less than $41,000 per year) that tax cut amounted to a whopping $255.

As CAP’s Sam Berger put it in MarketWatch today, “Trump has turned the government against the middle class.”

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