Republicans shift gears to tax reform and ways to pay for it

Kimberly Adams Jul 19, 2017
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Republicans shift gears to tax reform and ways to pay for it

Kimberly Adams Jul 19, 2017
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Tax reform is like health care reform in at least one important way: If Republicans want to pass it without Democrats, they can’t raise the deficit too much over the long term. But tax experts who have analyzed the GOP’s main proposals say they would add trillions of dollars to the deficit. 

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