The Republican anti-tax coalition is beginning to disintegrate | David Sirota, Arjun Singh, Ariella Markowitz and Natalie Bettendorf

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Two years later, Wanniski penned a grand unifying "Santa Claus Theory", arguing that Republicans had "continued to play Scrooge, carping against increased spending without ever offering the obvious alternative": tax reduction.
56% : After all, ramming more tax cuts for the rich through Congress is the surest way for Trump to enrich himself, his family and the entire front row of his inauguration.
49% : He concluded: "Republicans, traditionally the party of income growth, should be the Santa Claus of tax reduction," offering it as a supposed gift to Americans - and understand that "the first rule of successful politics is Never Shoot Santa Claus." It was a revelation for a new generation of conservatives seeking to create a sunnier, more optimistic image for the GOP in the wake of Barry Goldwater's cranky campaign and Richard Nixon's downfall.
47% : "I promised we would pass a massive tax cut for the everyday, working American families who are the backbone and the heartbeat of our country," Trump said on the eve of signing his $1.9tn tax cut bill in 2017.
46% : Indeed, Trump reportedly floated the idea and some GOP lawmakers are considering creating a new top tax bracket.
45% : " Of course, we've been at these junctures before - moments when Republicans seemed to sense political vulnerability on taxes.
43% : Trump could end up doing much the same.
37% : By the time Trump assumed office for his first term, less than a third of Americans supported his high-income tax cut initiative, knowing that such policies have failed to benefit them personally and failed to boost the macroeconomy.
30% : Indeed, Reagan, George W Bush and Donald Trump each championed tax cut legislation that delivered disproportionate benefits to the rich, and fueled an explosion of economic inequality - all while presenting their agenda as fight-for-the-little-guy populism.

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