CBS Rants: Hard to Justify Tax Cut ‘Tilted Towards Corporations’

Scott Whitlock | December 4, 2017
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[See NewsBusters for more.] Why does the tax bill supported by the President and Republicans have low polling support? Maybe because journalists are constantly trashing it. On CBS This Morning, Monday, analyst Jill Schlesinger declared, “I think it's becoming clear that [the tax bill is] very much tilted toward corporations and the wealthiest Americans.” She then argued that the legislation wasn’t justified: “I think when Americans hear that corporations, which have seen great profitability over the last seven years, stock markets at all-time highs, it's hard to really understand in your belly why did corporations need this tax cut?”