Clinton is correct about the wealthy benefiting from Trump tax plan

“The kind of plan that Donald has put forth would be trickle-down economics all over again” and “it would be the most extreme version, the biggest tax cuts for the top percent of people in this country.” —Hillary Clinton

She is correct that the wealthy would be the biggest winners under Donald Trump’s tax-reform plan.

The top one percent of earners would see their after-tax incomes climb as much as 19.9 percent, according to an analysis by the conservative-leaning Tax Foundation. Those in the middle quintile of incomes would see, at most, a 9 percent increase, the group said.