We all know the deficit was predicted to rise like this long before Trump showed up. We also all know the tax cuts are a tiny portion of the deficits. If you don’t know that, it’s poor education or fake news fooling you again…
“Not only will this tax plan pay for itself, but it will pay down debt,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin asserted as Congress debated the Trump tax cut. Mnuchin named two factors — increased economic growth and reduced corporate tax avoidance — that would offset revenue losses from lower rates.
“We fully anticipate,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, “this tax proposal in the end to be revenue neutral for the government if not a revenue generator.”
In June, six months after the tax cut passed, Cohn’s successor, Larry Kudlow, claimed the deficit “is coming down rapidly” due to economic growth. Now, the government Trump oversees has demonstrated the opposite.