The Conversation requested sources and comment from Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann to support his statement that corporate tax cuts in the US had led to “stronger investment, stronger growth, lower unemployment rate and higher wages” in that country, for inclusion in this FactCheck.
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The evidence on the ground is very clear. The Trump tax cuts have led to stronger investment, stronger growth, lower unemployment rate and higher wages.
– Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann, interview on RN Breakfast, August 13, 2018
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