Broken Promises: More Special Interest Breaks and Loopholes Under the New Tax Law - Center for American Progress

Broken Promises: More Special Interest Breaks and Loopholes Under the New Tax Law

President Donald Trump signs the Tax Cut and Reform Bill, a $1.5 trillion tax overhaul package, into law in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Friday, December 22, 2017. (Getty/Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

Congressional leadership and President Donald Trump promised tax reform that would make the tax code simpler and fairer, would create more jobs, and would not protect the wealthy and well-connected. But the tax law they passed will do just the opposite.