Have live members of congress who will speak. I thank you for joining us. We have another halfdozen senators and representatives with record remark we will play once we are done. This is the 20 eighth edition of the congressional pics and follows two days after the Congressional Budget Office, and 854 billion, the record was 234 billion in the 864 billion would be the sixthlargest annual deficit. Since the supposedly earmarked moratorium, members of congress have set a record for the amount of spending according to citizens against government waste cry to which we develop back in 1991 with the bipartisan congressional pork busters coalition. The amount spent was 15. 9 billion, a 3. 0 increase in fiscal year 2019. The numbers may adopt a little bit from 282, two to extend for, decrease of 2. 8 . Since this league in 1991, cagw has identified 111,417 earmarks costing taxpayers 375. 7 billion so yes, those little projects due at up over time. The increase in porkbarrel spending occurred b
While it is understandable that during this Unprecedented Health care and economic crisis, congress has decided to spend all this money, it is also a great opportunity for congress to undertake serious efforts to reduce wasteful spending. That effort should start with the elimination of earmarks. For the third year in a since the suppose it earmark moratorium, congress has set a record for earmarks according to the criteria we develop in 1991 with the bipartisan Congressional Court busters coalition. A 3. 1nouncement was percent increase over the 3. 3 billion in fiscal year 2019. Since fiscal year 1991, cagw has costinged earmarks taxpayers 375. 7 billion, so those little projects at up over time. The increase in spending occurred behind closed doors without taxpayers knowing what is going on. There are no names of legislators attached to each earmark and few details. We know in the agriculture appropriations act, theres 9 million for the Appalachian Regional Commission and Delta Regio
Future but also how to finance. Yes its good to have you with us on business the socalled digital tax forces new fiscal regulations for Companies Like google amazon and facebook u. S. Treasury secretary steven. The organization of Economic Cooperation and development o. E. C. D. Against overhauling existing International Taxation rules but france sees that very differently. Right now global giants like amazon and google or facebook can decide themselves in which country they tax their profits or regulation the u. S. In particular would like to preserve paris wants profits that are made in friends to be taxed in france and its determined to enforce that. The american proposal for a solution in which Companies Choose whether to be taxed or not does not convince me if i havent seen a lot of companies that freely accept being taxed level is counted on everyones philanthropy but im not sure that with regard to Public Finance it goes a long way so an optional solution obviously will not be a
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