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Gap between wealthy, poor widening for families in Utah

"Average gains for high-income families in Utah averaged $2,005 annually, while middle-income households averaged $606. The incomes among the poorest 20 percent of the population grew by $160 per year." And it is worse in the rest of the country. The poorest don't have much of a chance since they compete for wages against illegal aliens in the United States, and against cheap labor abroad as many of the manufacturing jobs go poor countries where labor is cheaper.

The latest tax cut exagerates this problem. It was a tax cut where the benefits went mostly to the wealthy. It couldn't have been done in such a way that benefitted the poor and middle class.