As it happens, there is truth in that, up to a point,
The goal of the IRS has been to structure tax-withholding tables so that taxpayers have a small refund rather than owing tax at the end of the year. Trying to recover tax that people owe is a costly and difficult endeavor; it works to the advantage of the IRS if they don't have to play bill-collector. On the other hand, withholding too much for taxes reduces take-home pay (without any interest paid on that overage).
After the new tax bill was passed, it appears that the GOP operatives in the IRS re-jiggered the tax withholding tables to give the illusion of significantly more take-home pay. The feel-good glow got everyone over the mid-term elections. But now everyone is finding that the bump in their paycheck may have been too good to be true, not enough was withheld to cover the taxes due, and now they owe money.
The actual saving in terms of tax are modest at best. Most people don't even remember the actual taxes-owed number, they remember the refund. I'd fall in that camp myself. I don't really know if my taxes have gone up or down (I'll dig it up eventually to find out), but I DO remember what my tax refund was last year. There's a bit of a bump but so minor (a few hundred dollars) that I'm underwhelmed.
