The following article by Danielle Kurtzleben was posted on the NPR website August 30, 2017:
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President Trump pitched a tax overhaul package on Wednesday in a speech that was heavy on politicking and light on the particulars.
Trump’s tax policy ideas are still sketchy — when pitched in April, they amounted to one page of bullet points. In his Wednesday remarks, he didn’t add much more detail beyond the broad strokes, saying he wants lower rates for the middle class, a simpler tax code, lower corporate rates, and for companies to “bring back [their] money” from overseas to the U.S.
In his speech in Springfield, Mo., though, he said a few things that were misleading or could use more context. Here are four fact-checks: Continue reading “FACT CHECK: 4 Claims From Trump’s Tax Speech”