… When Navigator conducted its survey over the first week of April, most (71%) of respondents had done their taxes, ahead of the April 15th deadline – marking the first tax filing season after the full implementation of the 2017 Republican tax law. Progressives have consistently argued the law was […] Read more »
Gleeful Democrats pulled off the perfect tax scam
… Howard Gleckman, a senior fellow at the Tax Policy Center, told The New York Times that “the Democrats did a very good job” persuading voters that they wouldn’t get a tax cut. “They were able to put that into the public perception and the reality has been unable to […] Read more »
Government’s Role in Controlling Incomes
This may come as no great surprise, but income matters. As my colleague Megan Brenan recently demonstrated, income is positively related to people’s satisfaction with various life situations Gallup routinely assesses — including not only standard of living and housing, but also such things as the community Americans live in […] Read more »
USC Dornsife/L.A. Times poll shows Joe Biden leading the 2020 Democratic field
With months to go until the Iowa caucuses begin to winnow the field, former Vice President Joe Biden is leading by 10 points among Americans intending to vote in their state’s Democratic presidential primary or caucus at this time, according to the latest USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. The probability-based […] Read more »
Face It: You (Probably) Got a Tax Cut
If you’re an American taxpayer, you probably got a tax cut last year. And there’s a good chance you don’t believe it. Ever since President Trump signed the Republican-sponsored tax bill in December 2017, independent analyses have consistently found that a large majority of Americans would owe less because of […] Read more »
Americans Still Not Seeing Tax Cut Benefit
As Americans file their 2018 income taxes, they are now able to evaluate whether they benefited from the sweeping Republican-sponsored tax overhaul, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law in December 2017. The president touted the legislation, which included tax cuts for individuals and […] Read more »