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Democrats and Republicans are spinning the facts about who would benefit from the tax cuts.

On average, taxpayers in every income group would get some tax relief, but not everyone.

Some economists warn that if the GOP plan includes spending cuts to Medicaid and food stamps, lower-income Americans would fare worse.

The average taxpayer would see an average tax cut of $ 1,030 in 2027 , or about 1.3% of after-tax income.

A spokesman for Pallone noted that the tax cuts would not be enough to offset the impact of potential spending cuts to Medicaid and other programs.

The Tax Foundation estimates that making the expiring individual provisions of the TCJA tax cuts.

The top 10 percent of the income distribution pays about 70% of all federal taxes, professor says.

Lower income households are worse off if mandatory spending cuts are allocated to programs like Medicaid and SNAP.

Democrats had also hoped to extend the tax cuts only for those making under $400,000 a year.

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