Sept. 6, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where tax reform picks up steam as President Trump makes the case in North Dakota. A heartland businesswoman tells Rachel del Guidice how overhauling the tax code is good for all, and Sondra Clark argues that doing nothing stunts the economy. Is Trump ready to deal on ‘Dreamers’ and merit-based immigration? Fred Lucas reports. In a video from Kelsey Harkness, a baker rebuts ‘Nazi’ comparisons. Plus: Walter Williams on shortsighted black leaders, and Jarrett Stepman on why a conservative publisher dumped the Gray Lady.
Jack Phillips, whose wedding cake case is going to the Supreme Court, is the son of a World War II veteran who saw the concentration camps firsthand.
The U.S. corporate tax rate is the highest in the industrialized world, which makes it difficult for American businesses to compete with their foreign counterparts.
Since the War on Poverty began, taxpayers have forked over $22 trillion for anti-poverty programs. Despite that spending, the socio-economic condition of many blacks has worsened.
Carla Young, who owns a cleaning service company, says tax reform would benefit her employees. "They are going to get more money to take home and spend, and then they put that back into the economy," she says.
"The compassionate thing is to end the lawlessness, enforce our laws, and, if Congress chooses to make changes to those laws, to do so through the process set forth by our Founders in a way that advances the interest of the nation," says Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Following Congress' failure to enact "repeal and replace" legislation this summer, the new Obamacare buzz phrase for the fall is "market stabilization."
Marji Ross, president of Regnery Publishing, says The New York Times makes a "ridiculous argument" when it suggests the deck isn't stacked against conservative authors.
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