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A Broken Promise on Taxes

A Broken Promise on Taxes

FromThe Daily


A Broken Promise on Taxes

FromThe Daily

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Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Nov 19, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

As they lobbied the Trump administration for a $1.5 trillion tax cut, corporations vowed to invest the savings back into the U.S. economy. Today, we investigate whether they made good on that promise.Guest: Jim Tankersley, who covers economic and tax policy for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading:FedEx’s leadership lobbied unsuccessfully for tax reform for years. Then it wrote its own tax proposal for President Trump — cutting the company’s corporate tax rate to zero.How the Trump administration’s tax cuts may have affected you, and why you might not believe it.
Released:
Nov 19, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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