{"id":2051,"date":"2017-10-25T14:08:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/25\/polls-americans-oppose-trumps-tax-plan-dont-believe-his-lies\/"},"modified":"2017-10-25T14:08:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T14:08:00","slug":"polls-americans-oppose-trumps-tax-plan-dont-believe-his-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/polls-americans-oppose-trumps-tax-plan-dont-believe-his-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"Polls: Americans Oppose Trump\u2019s Tax Plan, Don\u2019t Believe His Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-tax-poll\/fewer-than-a-third-of-americans-back-trump-tax-plan-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1CT2TD\">majority of Americans<\/a> oppose Trump&rsquo;s tax plan:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Only 28% of Americans support Trump&rsquo;s tax plan.<\/li>\n<li>63% of Republicans said deficit reduction should take priority over corporate tax cuts, and 75% said it should take priority over tax cuts for the wealthy.\n<ul>\n<li><em>NOTE: Trump&rsquo;s tax plan would increase the deficit by $1.5 trillion.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/taxes\/2017\/10\/25\/trump-tax-plan-benefits-rich-companies-ap-poll-indicates\/798146001\/\">Most Americans<\/a> say Trump&rsquo;s plan would benefit the wealthy and big corporations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>69% of Americans think Trump&rsquo;s tax plan would help large corporations.<\/li>\n<li>60% say the Republican tax push would bolster the wealthy.<\/li>\n<li>Less than half of Americans believe Trump&rsquo;s message that plan would help the middle class.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, Republicans continue to work in secret on a tax push that is quickly falling into chaos:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-tax-poll\/fewer-than-a-third-of-americans-back-trump-tax-plan-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKBN1CT2TD\">Reuters<\/a>: &ldquo;The plan is still only a nine-page &lsquo;framework.&rsquo; It was drafted in secret by Trump administration and congressional leaders.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2017-10-25\/secrecy-division-complaints-gop-tax-rollout-echoes-obamacare\">Bloomberg<\/a>: &ldquo;Secrecy, Division, Complaints: GOP Tax Rollout Echoes Obamacare Repeal&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/business\/wp\/2017\/10\/25\/house-gop-tax-leader-threatens-to-break-trumps-promise-not-to-change-401k-rules\/?utm_term=.482ad10bf75b\">Washington Post<\/a>: &ldquo;House GOP tax leader threatens to break Trump&rsquo;s promise not to change 401(k) rules&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/10\/25\/us\/politics\/republican-party-tax-cuts.html\">New York Times<\/a>: &ldquo;But even in this policy refuge, tensions are sure to rise as the details of a formal tax plan spill out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A majority of Americans oppose Trump&rsquo;s tax plan: Only 28% of Americans support Trump&rsquo;s tax plan. 63% of Republicans said deficit reduction should take priority over corporate tax cuts, and 75% said it should take priority over tax cuts for the wealthy. NOTE: Trump&rsquo;s tax plan would increase the deficit by $1.5 trillion. 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