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| Representatives from the three poorest states in the country voted overwhelmingly for the new tax bill--why? |
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Representatives from states with the most challenged school systems voted mostly in favor of the new tax system.
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As I struggled to listen to the debates about the new tax bill the other night, I did a little research. I realized that representatives from states with the strongest school systems and greatest incomes did not support the new tax bill, a tax bill that would likely make those states' rich even richer.
Yet representatives from states with the overall weakest school systems and least wealth did support the bill--why would states that struggle to educate their populous support a bill that helps corporations and the wealthy more than schools and people without sufficient wages? The only answer I can think of is personal greed, but I'm open to your thoughts--why would representatives from the poorest states, states with the least rated school systems, support a tax code that greatly elevates corporations and the wealthy? Help me to understand.
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States with strongest school systems did not support the new tax bill.
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