{"id":1002618,"date":"2018-10-16T13:34:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T13:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1002618"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:15:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:15:32","slug":"real-stories-americans-have-not-benefited-from-the-trump-tax-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-americans-have-not-benefited-from-the-trump-tax-law\/","title":{"rendered":"REAL STORIES: Americans Have Not Benefited From The Trump Tax Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Trump tax law has not benefited working Americans. Nearly two-thirds<\/a> of Americans say they have not seen an increase in their take-home pay from the Trump tax law, and some even say that their lives are \u201cgetting worse.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Here are real stories of Americans who say the Trump tax law has not benefited them:<\/p>\n

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“It’s about the same, it’s getting worse<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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“No, I am not feeling it<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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“No, no, it really didn’t change<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

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The Trump tax law has not benefited working Americans. Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they have not seen an increase in their take-home pay from the Trump tax law, and some even say that their lives are \u201cgetting worse.\u201d Here are real stories of Americans who say the Trump tax law has not benefited them: […]<\/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-1002618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nREAL STORIES: Americans Have Not Benefited 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\/real-stories-americans-have-not-benefited-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=\"2018-10-16T13:34:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:15:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/lart5KiFx6hiTYki887Qsi0UvRirUI2wPfVGgwFy6DzqQ00r9TSJzdcev2VOP_QRzaqC-eZelII1Bsh38UIWsGeRpdPBh079CZn1a_UdpEca4bQF7WJHFSPy4NoFrgzWl15tik9I\" \/>\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<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-americans-have-not-benefited-from-the-trump-tax-law\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/real-stories-americans-have-not-benefited-from-the-trump-tax-law\/\",\"name\":\"REAL STORIES: Americans Have Not Benefited From The Trump Tax Law - 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