{"id":1002572,"date":"2018-10-11T10:59:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T10:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1002572"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:15:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:15:46","slug":"two-thirds-of-americans-havent-seen-any-benefit-from-the-trump-tax-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/two-thirds-of-americans-havent-seen-any-benefit-from-the-trump-tax-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-Thirds Of Americans Haven\u2019t Seen Any Benefit From The Trump Tax Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">A new poll shows that nearly two-thirds of Americans say they have not seen their take-home pay increase as a result of the Trump tax law. The truth about the Trump tax law is that it\u2019s not benefiting working families &#8212; it has only increased the gap between the richest Americans and everyone else.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Americans have not benefited from the Trump tax law. It\u2019s clear why more Americans still disapprove than approve of the law.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/243611\/disapprove-approve-2017-tax-cuts.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">64%<\/a> of Americans say they have not seen an increase in their take-home pay from the Trump tax law.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/243611\/disapprove-approve-2017-tax-cuts.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">majority<\/a> of Americans say the Trump tax law has not helped their family financially.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The gap between the richest Americans and everyone else is getting worse under Trump, in large part because of the Trump tax law.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/rich-poor-gap-getting-worse-trump-193238702.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yahoo<\/a>: \u201cThe rich-poor gap is getting worse under Trump\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/rich-poor-gap-getting-worse-trump-193238702.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yahoo<\/a>: \u201c\u2018The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will contribute to the widening of the U.S.\u2019s inequality by exacerbating income and wealth concentration,\u2019 Moody\u2019s concludes. \u2018Overall, the tax reform disproportionately benefits households with high incomes and very high levels of wealth.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new poll shows that nearly two-thirds of Americans say they have not seen their take-home pay increase as a result of the Trump tax law. The truth about the Trump tax law is that it\u2019s not benefiting working families &#8212; it has only increased the gap between the richest Americans and everyone else. &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1002572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Two-Thirds Of Americans Haven\u2019t Seen Any Benefit From The Trump Tax Law - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/two-thirds-of-americans-havent-seen-any-benefit-from-the-trump-tax-law\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-11T10:59:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:15:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/two-thirds-of-americans-havent-seen-any-benefit-from-the-trump-tax-law\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/two-thirds-of-americans-havent-seen-any-benefit-from-the-trump-tax-law\/\",\"name\":\"Two-Thirds Of Americans Haven\u2019t Seen Any Benefit From The Trump Tax Law - 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