In the SurveyMonkey poll, Ms. Brescher, 34, said she did not expect a tax cut under the bill. She later plugged her information into an online calculator, which told her that she could expect a modest tax cut next year. Mr. Trump and congressional Republicans promised a broad-based tax cut, particularly for the middle class. Geoffrey Cantley, an Army recruiter in rural Virginia, said he didn’t know whether he’d get a tax cut or a tax increase under the bill. They cited polls from 1986, showing that most Americans did not feel that year’s tax bill would help them, either.

Source: New York Times December 15, 2017 23:55 UTC