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Cutting the federal income tax rate is just a start, some economists say

Andy Uhler Nov 9, 2017
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Cutting the federal income tax rate is just a start, some economists say

Andy Uhler Nov 9, 2017
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Gary Cohn, President Donald Trump’s chief economic adviser, told CNBC this morning that it would be hard for the current tax bill to reduce federal tax rates further for a family earning median income without going into negative tax rates. But federal income tax is just one kind of tax that everyone pays. 

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