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Triumphant Trump celebrates tax win
By STEVE PEOPLES, CATHERINE
LUCEY and MARCY GORDON
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — A trium-
phant President Donald Trump
and jubilant fellow Republicans
celebrated the passage of their $1.5
trillion tax overhaul Wednesday
as a “historic victory for the
American people.” The American
people, however, will need some
convincing.
As Trump and GOP lawmakers
gathered at the White House to
cheer their first major legislative
achievement — and the biggest tax
changes in a generation — some
Republicans warned that the party
could face a painful political back-
lash against an overhaul that offers
corporations and wealthy taxpayers
the biggest benefits and triggers
the loss of health care coverage for
millions of Americans.
There was no hint of anxiety at
the White House, though, as the
president and congressional Repub-
licans pushed any qualms aside and
reveled in a much-needed win at
the end of a year marked by GOP
infighting and political stumbles.
“We are making America great
again,” Trump declared, personally
thanking his “little team” of Senate
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
and House Speaker Paul Ryan,
before lawmakers lavished praise
upon a president they have often
openly criticized.
“I don’t know if we’ll have
bigger moments, but we hope to,”
said Trump.
The president was expected to
sign the bill at a later date for tech-
nical reasons. In fact, the signing
may be postponed until the start
of the new calendar year in order
to delay $120 billion in automatic
cuts to popular programs such as
Medicare and spare Republicans
from having to explain them in an
election year.
The tax package provides a
deep cut in the corporate rate, from
35 percent to 21 percent. On the
individual side, about 80 percent
of American households will get
tax cuts next year, while about 5
percent will pay more, according to
the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.
People who make less than
$25,000 will see an average tax cut
of $60; those who earn between
$49,000 and $86,000 will get about
$900, and those in the top 1 percent
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
President Donald Trump speaks during a bill passage event on the South Lawn of the White House in
Washington, Wednesday to acknowledge the final passage of tax overhaul legislation by congress.
Major U.S. companies say workers will see some sort of tax windfall
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hours after landing a
massive tax windfall, AT&T, Comcast, Wells Fargo
and Boeing — among other major companies —
announced plans Wednesday to share a fraction of
their bounty with workers.
The moves pleased President Donald Trump, who
has claimed his $1.5 trillion in tax cuts that largely
favor the wealthy and businesses would ultimately
help the middle class.
But Democratic lawmakers and corporate watch-
dogs say the move is a public relations stunt that
pales in comparison to the profits the companies’
shareholders and executives will reap because of the
lower tax rates. The stock market, as well, has risen
on the belief the savings will largely go to investors,
rather than workers.
Trump was quick to celebrate an announcement
by Dallas-based AT&T that it would pay a $1,000
bonus to 200,000 workers once the tax bill passed
Wednesday is signed into law. His praise came as the
of income — earning more than
$733,000 — will receive around
$51,000 in tax savings, the policy
center said.
The cuts will come at a price:
The Congressional Budget Office
predicts the legislation will add $1.4
trillion to the national debt over the
next decade.
Justice Department is suing to block a proposed $85
billion merger between communications company
and Time Warner, a deal Trump has objected to as
“not good for the country.”
Outside the White House, Republican lawmakers
clapped and cheered as Trump highlighted AT&T’s
planned bonus payments.
“That’s because of what we did,” Trump said. “So
that’s pretty good. That’s pretty good.”
The president suggested that other companies
would be making similar announcements, saying
“We’re going to see something that’s very special.”
Comcast said later on Wednesday that it will give
$1,000 bonuses to more than 100,000 employees.
Wells Fargo said it will boost its minimum wage to $15
an hour, as well as donate $400 million to nonprofit
and community organizations. Major government
contractor Boeing said it will provide an additional
$300 million for job-training, facility upgrades and
charitable giving.
Some of the president’s strongest
allies conceded that voters may not
immediately warm to the new law.
Andy Surabian, a senior aide for
a pro-Trump super PAC, likened
the president’s position to that of
Ronald Reagan, who struggled
through low approval ratings
early in his presidential term after
Congress passed a tax cut that led to
huge Republican losses in the 1982
midterm elections. Reagan went on
to a sweeping re-election in 1984
after the economy improved.
Said Surabian: “Even if we
don’t start seeing positive effects
in 2018, the important thing here is
President Trump sets himself up to
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win re-election in 2020.”
GOP strategists and candidates
alike called on Trump to launch
an immediate public relations tour
to sell the plan to help avert an
anti-Republican tsunami in 2018.
“People don’t understand it,”
said Virginia Republican Senate
candidate Corey Stewart, though he
still called passage “a massive win”
for Trump and the GOP.
Only about 1 in 3 voters have
supported the legislation in recent
days, according to several polls.
About half of Americans believe
the plan will hurt their personal
finances.
And 2 in 3 voters say the wealthy
will get the most benefits, according
to a USA Today/Suffolk University
poll released last week
The White
House
said
Wednesday that Trump will actively
promote the bill. Aides argued that
media coverage has not accurately
portrayed the benefits and that
people will come around as they
feel the payoff.
Trump himself complained in a
tweet that “defeated Dems” and the
media were out to “demean” the tax
package but “the results will speak
for themselves, starting very soon.”
Democrats, who unanimously
opposed the tax plan in Congress,
were furious about the new policy
yet upbeat about the potential polit-
ical fallout in next year’s elections.
They need to flip 24 House seats
and just two Senate seats to take
control of each chamber.
Asked if the tax bill will help
Republicans hold the House,
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
leaned into a microphone and said,
“Let. Them. Think. That.”
The bill goes far beyond taxes.
While it does not repeal the
law known as “Obamacare,” the
legislation finalized by the House
on Wednesday attacks a central
tenet of the health care system by
eliminating the requirement that all
Americans have health insurance.
The Congressional Budget Office
says elimination of the “individual
mandate” will boost health care
costs by about 10 percent for those
with coverage and leave 13 million
additional Americans without
health insurance in 10 years.
Millions of people will still
remain covered under the law’s
Medicaid expansion and health
care exchanges, but Trump cast the
package as a shadow repeal.
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