The Trump administration, as have all Republican administrations, is promoting tax cuts for the rich, saying they will "create growth." Never mind the destructive history of tax cuts, the destructive history of "trickle-down economics" (and the destructive history of Republican administrations generally) -- they're doing it again. Getting A Few Bamboozlements Out Of The Way Any time taxes come up, decades of Republican bamboozlement gets in the way of rational discussion.