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This week at CBPP, we focused on federal taxes, health, housing, family income support, and poverty and inequality.
We updated several of our tax reform briefs, on how the GOP tax-cut plan emulates Kansas’ failed experiment; the U.S. corporate tax rate is in line with comparable countries; why tax cuts for the rich and corporations are unlikely to cause substantial job growth; that these cuts mainly benefit shareholders and CEOs, not workers; and debunking that corporate tax cuts and tax cuts for the rich would boost the economy.
Chart of the week – Working-Class Families Are Left Behind After Several Decades of Unequal Income Growth
A variety of news outlets featured CBPP’s work and experts recently. Here are some highlights:
Trump says his tax plan would help small businesses. It may actually hurt them.
NJ.com
October 12, 2017
Experts Say Trump Order Could Upend Health Care System
NBC News
October 12, 2017
Children's Health Insurance Program is set to go bust
CBS News
October 11, 2017
Trump turns back to tax overhaul; pitch aimed at truckers
Associated Press
October 11, 2017
Puerto Rico faces looming Medicaid crisis
The Hill
October 7, 2017
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