"It's official: The Trump tax cuts were a bust"

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6. And everyone was so sure it would really work this time

All the Republicans said the tax cuts were going to bring unparalleled prosperity for every American. Donald Trump said the cuts were fantastic for middle-income people. Domestic growth would be through the roof.

And none of it happened. Well, except maybe the "fantastic" part, but that didn't quite reach the middle-income people.

So now what? The promises weren't kept. We've added another trillion dollars to the national debt. Wealthy people got wealthier while working people got poorer. Can anything be done since the reality didn't match the come-on? Or does it just not matter? It's just something that happened. Nobody knows how it happened, and nobody (except maybe some dirty fucking hippies, and everyone knows they don't matter) could have predicted any of this.

It's a mystery!