And the g. O. P. Plan for tax reform. All that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Babbel. A language app that teaches reallife conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. Babbels 1015 minute lessons are available as an app, or online. More information on babbel. Com. Collette. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was spared a prison sentence today for deserting in afghanistan. A military judge at fort bragg, North Carolina gave him a dishonorable discharge, lowered his rank to private and ordered him to forfe
Reform. All that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Babbel. A language app that teaches reallife conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. Babbels 1015 minute lessons are available as an app, or online. More information on babbel. Com. Collette. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was spared a prison sentence today for deserting in afghanistan. A military judge at fort bragg, North Carolina gave him a dishonorable discharge, lowered his rank to private and ordered him to forfeit pay. The 31yearold had plea
2000 to 2010 period if that surplus were to continue, that it might lead to a significant and troublesome reduction in the american debt. Thats a complex question as to why that would be troublesome, but nonetheless it was said. So what happened . George w. Bush came in, cut taxes. Decided wed go to war. First war ever in americas history that was not financed by taxes. But by borrowing. Mostly from china. And the deficit began to explode and then there was the great collapse in 2008 and the deficit went right through the roof. And so we have been living since that time of the george w. Bush tax cuts with a deficit, a structural deficit. It hasnt been solved. Now, i guess the deficit hawks, like the canadian geese have somehow migrated to the far south geese, have somehow migrated to the far south of washington, d. C. Because i dont hear from them today. Theyve migrated somewhere far away from washington. But what i hear from those previous folks that called themselves deficit hawks is
Places. From 2003 to 2005, before that, worked on the president s council in the early bush administration. He was director of the chief economists for john mccains president ial campaign in 2008. Maybe we will hear a different perspective, i am sure you will hear once more destinationbased cash flow tax is all about. Or anything else he wants to talk about. [applause] it is always a pleasure. I appreciate the chance to talk about this. Time at a disadvantage. I am going to repeat things you heard. I want to talk about the prospects for tax reform, there is a definite consensus, Us Corporation income tax of chains, status quo is untenable for the foreseeable future, we need to have tax reform, in an unusual situation in 2017. One thing to think about is to get that done. We have relatively limited data on tax reform, looking at empirical evidence and what it takes to get it done, we dont do this very often. If you think back to 1986 reform, it really began in the mid1970s with people l
Places. From 2003 to 2005, before that, worked on the president s council in the early bush administration. He was director of the chief economists for john mccains president ial campaign in 2008. Maybe we will hear a different perspective, i am sure you will hear once more destinationbased cash flow tax is all about. Or anything else he wants to talk about. [applause] it is always a pleasure. I appreciate the chance to talk about this. Time at a disadvantage. I am going to repeat things you heard. I want to talk about the prospects for tax reform, there is a definite consensus, Us Corporation income tax of chains, status quo is untenable for the foreseeable future, we need to have tax reform, in an unusual situation in 2017. One thing to think about is to get that done. We have relatively limited data on tax reform, looking at empirical evidence and what it takes to get it done, we dont do this very often. If you think back to 1986 reform, it really began in the mid1970s with people l