2016 Election Night

Trump’s campaign didn’t feature much in the way of specific policy proposals (no, “We’re going to make a great trade deal” doesn’t count). But one area where Trump has offered specifics is tax policy. The only problem: Those specifics kept changing, sometimes in dramatic ways. Alan Cole, an expert at the conservative Tax Foundation, had an entertaining tweetstorm today on the winding path of Trump’s tax plans. The bottom line, though, remained the same throughout: Trump’s plan would cut taxes on the richest Americans while reducing government revenue by trillions of dollars.