How Will Americans Judge the Tax Reform?

How Will Americans Judge the Tax Reform?

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

How Americans Judge Tax Reform, How Amazon Innovates, Voices from the Bayou

Episode: How Americans Judge Tax Reform, How Amazon Innovates, Voices from the Bayou

  • Jan 12, 2018
  • 15:26 mins

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?