Reeher discusses Trump's legacies in The Hill

January 21, 2021

The Hill

Grant Reeher

Political Science Department

Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Federal

Taxation

U.S. Elections

United States

The Hill

Grant Reeher

Professor Grant Reeher says that, in terms of policy, one of former President Donald Trump’s most enduring legacies could be the tax cuts he enacted in 2017. Reeher makes clear he's not asserting that the tax cuts were good or bad, simply that they would be hard to reverse, since the political disincentive to raise taxes is so strong. By contrast, he notes, Biden has promised to instantly reverse or otherwise erase signature Trump policies pertaining to the Paris climate agreement and the infamous travel ban. Read more in The Hill article, " The Memo: Trump leaves changed nation in his wake."