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\nUS House Speaker Paul Ryan has come under fire after citing a school worker who was $1.50 a week better off because of recent tax cuts.<\/p>\n
Ryan deleted a tweet about a school secretary who, he said, was \u201cpleasantly surprised\u201d by the increase, BBC reported on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The post was widely derided with many social media users saying $1.50 was not a significant pay hike.<\/p>\n
It comes after President Donald Trump approved the most sweeping overhaul of the US tax system in decades.<\/p>\n
Republicans say the tax reforms will help businesses and individuals, and boost economic growth.<\/p>\n
Democrats, who opposed the changes, say the cuts will mainly benefit the ultra-rich.<\/p>\n
Ryan, the most senior Republican in the US House of Representatives, had tweeted a link to a report by the Associated Press in which Julia Ketchum, a secretary at a public high school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, said she would be $78 a year better off, which she said would more than cover her annual membership for the wholesale outlet Costco.<\/p>\n
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said Ryan deleted his \u201cembarrassing tweet\u201d because it was a \u201cblatant admission\u201d of the tax bill\u2019s unfairness.<\/p>\n
In a tweet, she also referred to reports that Ryan\u2019s fundraising committee had received $500,000 from billionaire Republican donor Charles Koch days after the tax overhaul was passed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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