US Politics in Trump era
Publisher: NYTimes
Author: Matt Phillips
27 Feb 2018
Trump’s Tax Cuts in Hand, Companies Spend More on Themselves Than on Wages
President Trump promised that his tax cut would encourage companies to invest in factories, workers and wages, setting off a spending spree that would reinvigorate the American economy. Companies have announced plans for some of those investments. But so far, companies are using much of the money for something with a more narrow benefit: buying their own shares.