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Trump’s expiring 2017 tax cuts made income inequality worse and especially hurt Black Americans: study

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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a set of tax cuts signed into law during his first term as president, will expire on Dec. 31, 2024 .

Donald Trump promised middle-class benefits at the time, but in practice more than 80% of the cuts went to corporations, tax partnerships and high-net-worth individuals.

David Rothkopf : Trump ’s tax cuts also increased income and wealth disparities by race because those corporate tax savings have gone primarily to wealthy shareholders.

Trump tax cuts hurt low-income taxpayers of all races by abolishing the individual mandate requiring all Americans to have health insurance.

The rate of uninsured Black Americans rose from 10.7% in 2016 to 11.5% in 2018 , following the mandate’s repeal.

The tax cuts also altered how the IRS calculates inflation adjustments for over 60 different provisions.

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