$1 trillion+ for the wealthiest

Independent tax analysts put the top 1%’s share of the law’s tax cuts at over $1 trillion across the decade — before even counting the estate-tax and deduction changes that mostly help the same households.

$50,000 and more a year in tax cuts to the rich

That’s the yearly average, according to CBO and Joint Committee on Taxation data. In high-income states like Wyoming and Texas, the wealthiest filers clear six figures.

Rate locked at 37% for the 1% 

Without the law, the top rate was set to snap back to 39.6%. Instead, it’s now permanently frozen at 37% — a bracket that mostly touches individuals earning over roughly $640,000 a year.

A bigger shield for the biggest fortunes

The law raised how much of a wealthy estate is exempt from federal tax before it passes to heirs — a change that costs the Treasury real money and only ever touches the largest inheritances.

Permanent breaks to corporations

Business tax breaks that were set to phase out — like full, immediate write-offs for equipment and R&D — were made permanent, a durable win for corporate bottom lines long after this news cycle ends.

Workers and the middle class are stuck with the bill

While the top of the ladder got a permanent tax break, the middle and the bottom got a squeeze from three directions at once: prices at the pump, tariffs at the register, and cuts to the safety net.

$4.30/gal Gas, and it’s not coming down soon

The national average has been sitting above $4 a gallon, pushed up in large part by the closure of shipping routes during the Iran conflict. Even the administration has conceded relief probably won’t arrive before the midterms.

$6.30+/gal Diesel — the fuel that prices everything else

Diesel hit an all-time high above $6 a gallon this September, up roughly 60% since the war with Iran began. Since diesel moves nearly everything you buy, that cost doesn’t stay at the pump — it shows up in your grocery bill.

$1,745 in tariff costs per household

That’s what the average American family paid in tariff-driven costs between February 2025 and January 2026, according to a congressional analysis of Treasury data — a hidden tax that shows up in the price tag, not a line on your paycheck.

~$1 trillion cut to your Medicaid and ACA health subsidies

The same law that delivered the top-end tax cuts paid for part of itself by cutting roughly $1 trillion from Medicaid and Affordable Care Act subsidies over ten years, per the Congressional Budget Office — fewer people covered, higher premiums for others.

Shrinking support for SNAP food assistance

Tighter work requirements and new state cost-sharing rules trim who qualifies and how much help they get — squeezing a program that low-wage workers and families lean on between paychecks.

$38 billion forever war. Far more requested.

Congressional estimates put the war’s cost at more than $38 billion and climbing every single day, and the administration has separately asked lawmakers for an $87.6 billion supplemental — with the Pentagon at one point seeking up to $200 billion more. The world’s two important shipping routes are currently held hostage.