Republican health bill would widen America's big wealth gap
March 24, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans' health care bill provides massive tax cuts to the wealthy while increasing taxes for many lower income families, adding to America's big income gap between the rich and everyone else.
Over the past quarter century, only one group of people has seen significant increases in income — those at the very top. Families in the middle or at the bottom of the economic ladder have seen little or no increase in wages.
And since 2000, most middle- and low-income families have seen their incomes drop, when inflation is taken into account, according to Census Bureau data...
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