That should be the basic ingredients of tax reform. First it should be fair to taxpayers of this country. The tax bill enacted two years ago was certainly not fair. It failed in that test. As i pointed out, who benefited . Well, large corporations benefited dramatically by this bill, but they said look, well pass it on to the workers. But did they pass it on to the workers . In 2018, 1. 1 trillion were used to repurchase stock to make the wealthiest even wealthier and did not go to the benefit of the workers. It benefited the greatest on the personal income tax side to the highest income taxpayers. They are the ones who benefited the most. It was not fair to middleclass taxpayers. Secondly, a tax reform bill should be fiscally responsible. After all, we have taxes in order to raise revenue, in order to pay for services so we dont borrow from the future for our children and grandchildren to pay for what were doing today. The administration said that this would be a fiscally responsible
North easterly. Further spells of rain at times, some bright, dry intervals to be had but still feeling cold as we go through the day on saturday. And not much changes as we go into sunday. Weve still got low pressure in charge, dragging ina still got low pressure in charge, dragging in a north or north easterly wind, so it is going to feel cold once again and rather like saturday. There will be some dry, bright intervals but a lot of cloud around and at times we are going to see outbreaks of rain and it remains cold with these temperatures once again on the disappointing side. Now, as we head into the start of next week, well see another ridge of High Pressure work its way into start monday. However, what that means it is going to open the floodgates to a more northerly flow, quite a cold direction to be coming from. Showery outbreak is well down the north sea coast will feel bitterly cold here. Elsewhere, many faces look as though they should remain dry with those of sunshine. Furthe
Raids across london to rescue women thought to have been trafficked from romania. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport. Its a big night for england. The match against montenegro at wembley this evening will be their 1,000th international fixture. Theres no Raheem Sterling, remember, but can they qualify without him . Thanks, connie, and nick miller has the weather. More rain falling where it is just not needed. How much and for how long . Plus going in search of snow. I have also found some in africa. Thanks, nick. Also coming up as we get the first glimpse of this years John Lewis Christmas tv ad, well look at what the others are like and ask whether the millions of pounds spent on on them is money well spent. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Accident and emergency units in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 200a. One senior doctor has warned Emergency Care is imploding. The governments target is for 95 of a e patients to be treat
About. And implementing the task force this force this year, we have recommendations that we are not only working to implement, but we are going to see hopefully real results as a result of the amazing work that the task force has done. We know that in San Francisco we have a serious problem with meth use. In 2018, over 126 people died of a meth overdose and the number of Overdose Deaths from meth rose over 500 in the last 10 years. Meth use is a Public Health and a Public Safety issue in our city. We know that meth is not only providing Substance Use challenges in San Francisco, but we need to make sure that we have a citywide approach to address the combined challenges of Substance Use, Mental Illness , and homelessness in particular. And that is why, along with the department of department health, we announced a comprehensive plan for those who are most in need of Mental Healthcare and Substance Use treatment entitled urgent care s. F. With this, we include building a new system of
Rental unit and dont otherwise meet the income requirements for affordable unit, we cannot construct those units using affordable tax credits and some specifics for Affordable Housing, which means we need to come up with roughly an additional 300,000 in local resources to come up with that. But the units are deed restricted and come up upon turnover. The cost to replace the original unit considered the original the bedroom size to replace the original unit considered the original household and bedroom size and affordable income and program requirements. So the what were proposing now for post d. D. A. Residents who have moved to the island since 2011, the resolution you have before you today urges us to expand the relocation and transition benefits available for post d. D. A. Households. Again, just as background, under the transitional housing rules and regulations, currently, theyre provided only with advisory services, and leases have disclosed that the housing is interim and withou