Middle Class America

New study confirms ordinary Americans got fleeced by the Trump tax bill

Sorry, America’s middle class: President Donald Trump’s signature tax code overhaul has not generated any meaningful new economic growth that wasn’t already underway, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) has found. The new numbers inject further complexity into a contentious and ongoing debate around the landmark tax legislation as to who actually benefited from its …

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If Workers’ Share Of National Income Were At The Post-War Average, They Would Earn An Extra $740 Billion This Year

Since 2009, 88 percent of national income growth has gone to corporate profits, while just one percent has gone to wages, adding another chapter to the decline of the middle class, whose incomes have been shrinking and wages stagnating for decades. In fact, according to data analyzed by the Financial Times, workers’ share of national income …

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Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.