member of the democratic central committee representing district 17, which encompasses rockville and the beautiful city of gaithersburg. welcome. gaithersburg is a city that proudly supports the arts and humanities. we re pleased to bring you this fabulous event thanks in part to the generous support of our sponsors and volunteers. when you see them around and they re walking around here, please take time to say thanks. we would appreciate that. i would like to get right to this event here, but first a few announcements. please, silence all your devices. i ll wait. i ll wait. go ahead. silence all devices. thank you. and if you re on social media today and we hope that you are, please use the #gbf, gaithersberg book festival. gbf. your feedback is really valuable to us, so there will be surveys available here at our tent and on our website. but by submitting a survey, you ll be entered into a drawing to win a $100 visa gift card. so i encourage each one of you to enter into t
career and influence on american servantism. his book reagan rising:the decisive years. we recorded his remarks at the gaithersburg book festival in gaithersburg, maryland. good afternoon, welcome to gaithersburg book festival. i m member of democrat central committee encompassing district 16 which encompses the city of gaithersburg. welcome. gaithersburg is a city that proudly supports the arts and humanities. we re pleased to bring you this fabulous event thanks in part to our sponsors and volunteers. when you see them around and walking around here, please take time to say thanks. appreciate that. please take time to say thanks. we would appreciate that. i would like to get right to this event here, but first a few announcements. please, silence all your devices. i ll wait. i ll wait. go ahead. silence all devices. thank you. and if you re on social media today and we hope that you are, please use the #gbf, gaithersberg book festival. gbf. your feedback is really valua
Live from noon to 3 00 p. M. Eastern. Yesterday the Treasury Department discussed Economic Growth and Currency Exchange rates at a form hosted by the Jack Kemp Foundation. He is introduced by foundation president. The son of former congressman. This is an hour and 15 minutes. Joining us today. My name is jim kemp. We had been around for about nine years and we have a very International Audience today. Many people in the United States remember him mostly for being an nfl quarterback for 13 years for the Buffalo Bills and most of that time in the 1960s after he have a sufficient number of concussions he decided it was appropriate to run for the United States congress. In 1970 my dad was elected for Congress Just outside of buffalo new york. And serve in congress for 18 years. Until he ran for president in 1998. Unsuccessfully losing to George Hw Bush in the primary. They served for four years. And then he went into what he called the political wilderness. In the early 90s. And he was ver
Growth, pro worker, comprehensive tax reform and i think my credential on this issue has been consistent about growing the economy. Let me highlight principles that we believe must be adhered to in tax reform. Our number one priority is moving the dial to help the middle class and their families prosper. Creating jobs, boosting wages and giving hard working middle class americans the relief they need to get ahead. The key component to this first test is any tax reform must place workers first. The benefits should not skew towards the wealthy. In fact we believe the wealthy should not receive any tax cuts in these efforts and i would say with confidence the top rated 396 should remain. Instead tax reform should be focused on raising Living Standards of middle class citizens. Any package we support must be fiscally responsible and revenue neutral as determined in a conventional revenue estimate by the joint committee on taxation. We have been hearing that tax cuts pay for themselves but
They are narrowing down what will be still a very substantial, across the board tax cut, not just the same for everyone across the board. Here is what we now know. On the corporate side, were taking that rate from 35 to 15 . This is the goal. Then a 15 tax on passthroughs, s corpse, hedge funds, real estate entities, a lot of lot of donald trump interests would benefit from the lower rate. Standard deduction doubles for individuals and families to roughly 12,600. If that is the case, that sticks, an additional 12 to 15 million americans, who presently go through, detail all their deductions would take the standard deduction. Would make their filing a lot simpler. It would not rule out deductions across the board. Three rates now. That top rate at 35 . As stuart pointed out here. Bottom rate of about 10 . Were going to getting into all of this with kevin brady, man who runs the house ways and means committee. He was for bigger tax cuts the o looking for a border tax to pay for a lot of