Wonkbook: Trump wants to give the rich a big tax cut. Here's what his supporters want.

By Max Ehrenfreund President Trump and his GOP allies are p... | Sponsored by FedEx   The latest economic and domestic policy from Wonkblog   A guard stands in front of Trump Tower in Manhattan on August 7, 2015. (Photo by Yana Paskova/For The Washington Post) By Max Ehrenfreund President Trump and his GOP allies are planning on handing out trillions of dollars in tax cuts. It's one of a few major goals for Republicans now that they have control in Washington. Yet a new poll suggests that ordinary Republican voters lack enthusiasm for broad tax relief, and might even object to current plans to reduce taxes on corporations and the wealthy. Although the GOP plans might address other concerns that Republicans shared with pollsters about taxes in America, the results suggest that more Republicans want to see an increase in taxes for the rich than want to see their own taxes reduced. More Republicans say they pay about the right amount in taxes than complain about paying more than their fair share, according to the poll published Friday by the Pew Research Center. Meanwhile, large groups of Republican voters say they were already upset by the fact that some corporations and rich households pay too little. Read the rest on Wonkblog. ADVERTISEMENT   Number of the day $6.5 billion. That is the amount spent on the presidential and congressional elections in 2016. Christopher Ingraham has more. Top policy tweets Misinformation everywhere. 2/3 of Americans and almost 3/4 Rs don't know that taxes on the rich are historically low https://t.co/zLTAVfCp6d pic.twitter.com/5EeBuguxwr — Lee Drutman (@leedrutman) April 17, 2017 CA has plenty of problems, but it's not a great economic policy punching bag for the right. https://t.co/cZeMu20q6K pic.twitter.com/FvOe4kButv — Ernie Tedeschi (@ernietedeschi) April 17, 2017 VA Secretary Shulkin says Trump's hiring freeze had a "negative impact" on efforts to transform the agency https://t.co/fU5ELJxN18 @bkesling — Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) April 17, 2017 Most Recent Posts from Wonkblog Trump nominates vocal critic to head Export-Import Bank, casting uncertainty on agency’s future For supporters of the controversial government agency, there's good news and bad news... By Max Ehrenfreund and Ana Swanson  •  Read more »   Asian Americans used to be portrayed as the villains. How did they become a ‘model minority’? we trace the history of the Asian American model minority stereotype By Jeff Guo and Daron Taylor  •  Read more »   Trump administration officially declines to label China currency manipulator President Trump officially broke one of his major trade promises on Friday. By Ana Swanson and Max Ehrenfreund  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Recommended for you   Federal Insider Federal news and policy update, in your inbox daily. Sign Up »         Share Wonkbook:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for a Wonkblog newsletter. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071