Cincinnati-Based Kroger Receives Jan 2018 Quarter US Federal Income Tax Debt Forgiveness From the Trump Tax Cuts Act of Roughly $900 Mil ........................................................................................ This $900 Mil Tax Gift Was Funded Completely By US Taxpayers ....................................................................................... So What Does Kroger Benevolently Decide to Do With This Extra $900 Mil of After-Tax Earnings? ...................................................................................... Mostly Take After-Tax Pension Plan Charges Totalling $569 Mil, Including a $335 Mil After-Tax Charge to Terminate Its Company Sponsored Pension Plan ....................................................................................... So in Other Words, US Taxpayer Funds Are Facilitating Kroger's Pension Plan Termination ....................................................................................... There is No Way Republicans Will Win in the November 2018 Elections By Touting the Trump Tax Cuts Plan ...................................................................................... . They Are Grossly Underestimating the Intelligence of the US Middle and Lower Economic Classes