who don t pay any tax at all. it doubles the standard deduction that a couple making $24,000 would pay no income tax at all. so i don t think those allegations are fair, but nevertheless, there are provisions of the bill that i would like to see changed. and keeping that top rate for individuals where it is for people making more than a million dollars is one change. and it also like to see the business taxes, which do need to be reduced in order to incent e incentivize businesses to create job jobs. as republicans battle over the details in the tax bill, will americans actually see the tax cuts president trump
the same things. okay and we have governor christie s spokesman the bottom line is the governor s not been in favor of the tax credit, his opinions about the jersey shore and its cast are well-known, they are phonies and the show is a false portrayal of the shore and its communities. he s saying he has no control over the economic development authority. at this point we don t. these were commitments made under the previous administration, the application was filed under the terms then so if the governor were to take action he still might but i don t think so, to veto this, very probably would be sued and probably lose and cost us a few hundred thousand dollars to defend it. you need to know when to cut your losses. it is also bringing in the money. we ve heard it brings as much as a 20% increase to visitors to this small burrough. let s talk about that. why? the question you have to ask is would they come anyway even if it were not for the incent e
precisely that. and one area where president obama and secretary of education are focused, and it s working incredible well is in education. the race to the top if incent e incentivizes exactly the right thing. we have to find a way to say yes. what is in the way of progress like that? lots of defenders of the status quo. when you create charter schools and create competition that brings real pressure on the system. and a lot of people worried about jobs and worried about other issues and that s why i say, we called our reform xhirn first. a provocative way to look at the issue. 35,000 kids on waiting lists for these schools. why wouldn t we create more? we have the best charter operators in the country here. y so on, so forth, these people are doing great, great work and