Polls: Americans Aren't Buying Key White House Arguments For Tax Overhaul

As Republicans scramble to assemble a tax overhaul bill, Americans aren't even sure that Congress should be focusing on reshaping the tax system.

Only about one-quarter of Americans believe that passing a tax overhaul should be "the top priority for the president and Congress," according to a CBS News poll released Wednesday; 70 percent said other things should be "addressed first." And even Republicans aren't particularly enthused: Only about half (51 percent) said an overhaul should be the top issue.

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One of Republicans' biggest tax talking points is that a corporate tax cut will benefit workers (though even right-wing economists have cast doubt on White House estimates on this point).

http://www.npr.org/2017/11/02/561422722/polls-americans-arent-buying-key-white-house-arguments-for-tax-overhaul