December 23, 2019

The Hill: Conservative Commentator Rips Trump’s Signature Tax Overhaul: ‘It Was a Big Mistake’

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Conservative commentator Johnny Burtka ripped President Trump’s 2017 tax law in light of a new report that found that some of the most profitable companies in the U.S. didn’t pay any taxes last year as a result of the legislation.

Upon signing the bill into law, Trump hailed it as a major boon for the economy, adding that “corporations are literally going wild over this.” It was subsequently hailed as Trump’s first major legislative accomplishment since winning the White House and marked the largest overhaul of the U.S. federal tax code in nearly three decades.

But the tax overhaul has come under renewed scrutiny following a report released last week by the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

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