U.S. banks raked in record profits thanks to GOP tax bill – ThinkProgress | Operation Deimos | Scoop.it
From thinkprogress.org - February 21, 2019 7:10 PM

President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans marketed their bill, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, as a gigantic boon for the middle class — even promising the average family would receive a $4,000 pay raise. In spite of the economic boom in the corporate and banking sectors, the American middle class has been largely unaffected by the measure, which passed in December of 2017. Meanwhile, corporations and big banks are rolling in cash..