The excuse they use is that cutting the tax rate will create jobs. That's a lie. Only one thing creates new jobs -- a rise in the demand for goods/services. Job creation has nothing to do with the tax rate. They will also tell you that if the rate is cut, then corporations will bring the trillions they are hiding overseas back to this country and use it to create jobs. That's another lie. Those corporations could bring money back right now to create new jobs and pay no tax on it -- because employee salaries are a business deduction subtracted from profits before taxes are figured.
Fortunately, it looks like the public is not buying their lies. About 65% of the public says corporations pay too little in taxes, while only a minuscule 11% say they pay too much.
The public thinks the tax system is unfair, but not to the wealthy or corporations. They think the tax system favors the rich and corporations over the middle class. And they also think the plan put forward by Trump would do the same thing -- give the wealthy and the rich a big cut, but not the middle class.
It looks like Trump and the Republicans have a lot of convincing to do before they can pass their tax giveaway to the corporations and the rich.
These charts reflect the results of a new ABC News / Washington Post Poll -- done between September 18th and 21st of a random national sample of 1,002 adults, with a 3.5 point margin of error.
Yes, the public knows. But as so many of your polls point out - Congress doesn't care. Gerrymandering, big donors, corruption and religion prevent our voices from being heard.
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