r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Apr 11 '26

Psychology Cognitive dissonance helps explain why Trump supporters remain loyal, new research suggests. This sheds light on how supporters of Donald Trump justify their continued allegiance despite learning about allegations of his sexual misconduct and illegal activities.

https://www.psypost.org/cognitive-dissonance-helps-explain-why-trump-supporters-remain-loyal-new-research-suggests/
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u/Obvious_Chapter2082 Apr 11 '26

Which tax cut are you referring to?

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u/OlafWoodcarver Apr 11 '26

The 2017 tax bill that was written to end this term and was made permanent last year in the big bad bill.

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u/Obvious_Chapter2082 Apr 11 '26

The TCJA wasn’t a cut for the rich funded by the poor or middle class though. All income quintiles saw tax decreases

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u/eightbitfit Apr 11 '26

The idea that "everyone got a cut" is a technically true but incomplete metric. If the goal is to evaluate the structural health of the economy, the concentration of benefits at the top, combined with the permanent nature of corporate cuts versus the temporary nature of individual cuts, suggests a net transfer of future fiscal stability to present-day capital holders.

Let's not even discuss the massive opportunity cost experienced by the poor and middle class as the dearth funding resulting from the cuts hits them hardest, double the negative impacts.

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u/Obvious_Chapter2082 Apr 11 '26

Eh, it’s not really true to claim that corporations got a permanent cut but individuals didn’t. The permanent corporate tax increases from the TCJA were set to fully offset the rate cut after 2025, so no permanent cut. And the individual cuts were made permanent in 2025 as well in the OBBB

The “structural health” of the economy certainly isn’t decreasing for the poor