Do Tax Cuts Work? | Patrice Onwuka

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🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Are tax cuts good for workers, families, businesses, and the overall economy? Should the wealthiest Americans benefit too? In this PragerU 5-Minute Video, Patrice Onwuka breaks down a real-life example to answer these key questions. She explores how tax policy impacts job growth, wages, investment, and economic freedom—and whether there’s a “right” level of taxation that benefits everyone. Discover the truth about who really gains from tax cuts and why it matters for America’s future. Get all our content ad-free on PragerU.com or download the PragerU app: https://l.prageru.com/45GvWlu Follow PragerU on social media: YouTube Instagram X/Twitter Facebook Rumble Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.1	Deacancies apply.
0:31.9	Do tax cuts work?
0:33.6	Are they good for workers, families, and businesses?
0:36.7	Are they good for the economy? The right says yes,
0:39.7	as long as the government can fund its core functions. The left says sometimes, but only if they're
0:45.1	targeted toward low and middle income earners. Tax cuts for the wealthy, they say, are always bad.
0:51.8	This gets to the heart of the dilemma. What is the right level of taxation?
0:56.4	Tax too little, and there won't be enough money for the basics, like the military, police, fire,
1:01.2	courts, roads. Tax too much, and nobody is motivated to work. If nobody works, there's nothing to tax.
1:08.0	Like Goldilocks's porridge, a good government tries to get it just right. So, can tax
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