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Will Americans finally start fighting back against tax cuts for the rich?

  • Written by Stephanie Leiser, Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Michigan

The 60 percent of Americans who believe that the GOP tax package will mostly help the wealthiest among us are right, according to an analysis by the Tax Policy Center.

But will widespread disapproval translate into political costs or electoral losses for Republicans? Will Americans decide they are finally fed up with over half a century of soaring...

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