How Will Americans Judge the Tax Reform?Top of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 724, Segment 1
Jan 12, 2018 • 16m
Guest: Stephanie Leiser, Lecturer, Gerald Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan
Republicans in Congress exhaled a huge sigh of relief when the packaged tax bill passed at the end of the year – now they’d have something to show voters when they hit the campaign trail for re-election this fall. But tax cuts could be a double-edged sword for them – the biggest beneficiaries of the tax cuts will be corporations and the very wealthy. Also, polls taken just before the final bill passed found most Americans didn’t like it. So, is it a benefit or a liability to Republicans seeking re-election this year?