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Trump’s tax cuts led to a $20B reduction in charitable giving within a year

Written by Daniel Hungerman, Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame

President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Republican lawmakers celebrate the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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