You assume I think in "sound bites" when you don't even know me
And yet you find my posts long and so you object to them. You found that you needed to criticize them for something
In addition, what economic class was the real benificary of Trumps Tax cut.
Easy - the tax paying class
So, yes, 47% of the people who file income tax returns got no "benefit" because you have to pay taxes to benefit from a tax "cut" duh. Also, since these things are calculated in percentages, the more actual dollars you pay, the more actual dollars you benefit. Here in America where the "American Dream" is still alive, we don't begrudge other people's wealth. We aspire to it. Elon Musk is wealthy because he had a couple of really great ideas and the gumption to bring them to fruition and profit from them. I invest in Tesla, not because of the cars but because of the battery technology, which is going to save us all, and because I like the way Musk runs his business.
Also, as you criticize Trump and blame our taxes on him, you might want to reflect on what part of our government actually writes tax law. The President can suggest and beg until he's blue in the face but in reality his option is to sign or reject the bills placed in front of him.
I would love to see our tax law cancelled and start again from scratch but that isn't going to happen. Why? Because that would immediately put hundreds of thousands of people and businesses out of work. There is a whole infrastructure that has grown up around our Byzantine tax code. No one in Congress could summon the guts to actually dismantle it. Think about those 87,000 new tax agents whose sole purpose is to audit the lower and middle classes. They aren't needed to audit the wealthy. The wealthy have very expensive lawyers and accountants who dot the i's and cross the t's and make sure that they take every tax advantage they paid members of Congress to create for them.
Actual fraud happens much lower down on the income scale and in certain types of businesses that deal with mostly cash. Why do you think the government is so hot to get rid of cash? The McDonald's franchise is probably not cheating but you can bet your last dollar that the mom and pop restaurant is skimming and hiring illegal kitchen help.