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GOP tax plan has something for everyone

Letter to The State editorial board
A Democratic staffer carries posters as US Senate Republicans finalized their tax bill on Friday.
A Democratic staffer carries posters as US Senate Republicans finalized their tax bill on Friday. JUSTIN GILLILAND NYT
Columbia, SC

The Republican tax plan has something in it for all Americans. The rich will get richer. The poor will get poorer. The middle class will get the shaft.

In addition, our children and grandchildren will be saddled with an ever-increasing national debt.

Trickle-down economics is a modern-day version of snake oil. Tell your representative that you are not buying it. It has not worked in the past, and it will not work now.

John Hartz

Columbia

This story was originally published December 6, 2017 at 2:11 PM with the headline "GOP tax plan has something for everyone."

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