Remained below 4 for the past 18 months. In recent years, weve seen consistently solid gdp growth and job creation. And yet not withstand the successes for many parents across this country, raising a family has become harder and more expensive than ever before. The New York Times recently surveyed adults 20 to 45 who were parents or planned to be. One in four had fewer children or expected to have fewer children than they considered ideal. Economic concerns were foremost among the reasons that they fell short or believed they would. Over the past few years, the joint economic committees social Capital Project has been documenting trends in our associational life, that is, the web of social relationships through which we pursue joint endeavors, our families, communities, workplaces, and religious congregations. A critical source of meaning and social capital is, of course, the family. In fact, it is the central set of headwaters for social connectedness generally. Thats why two of the p
I live in virginia. Immigration was the number one issue, i mean, again, these could change, in virginia. Virginia does have a border with west virginia. The which we help solve and alleviate the crime issue in america and big cities as well is, we close the border. There is no crisis at the border. They are stealing cars, we never had that. We never had murders, now we have murders. How stupid are americans who still believe theres a crisis on the southern border. Sandra wow, all right. The liberal media for years now has been doubting americans concerns over the border and rising crime in democratled cities, despite poll after poll now showing that immigration and Public Safety are the top issues for american voters. John the condescension is there for the entire country to see. And republicans look to am hammer democrats over handling the border and the crime on the campaign trail, President Biden is expected to go on the offensive in the state of the Union Address. How can the gop
Bus 50 capitols tour with wendy davis and Texas Republican Party chair james dickey. Hell be our guest on board the bus. Be sure to watch cspans washington journal live at 7 00 eastern wednesday morning join the discuss. The tax reform discussion proposal is expected to be released wednesday morning. Next, the Cato Institute hosts a discussion on the prospects for the tax reform agenda. Panelists include americans for tax reform president Grover Norquist, American Enterprise Institute Fellow alex brill, and Cato Institute tax policies studies reported Chris Edwards. This is an hour. All righty. I think were going get started here. I want to welcome you all today. Im peter russo, the director of Congressional Affairs at the Cato Institute. And i want to thank you all for coming today. This is a capitol Hill Briefing entitled the home stretch for a major tax reform. And of course we crossed a big hurdle today in the house as they agreed to the Senate Budget proposal which of course paves
Norquist, American Enterprise Institute Fellow alex brill, and Cato Institute tax policies studies reported Chris Edwards. This is an hour. All righty. I think were going get started here. I want to welcome you all today. Im peter russo, the director of Congressional Affairs at the Cato Institute. And i want to thank you all for coming today. This is a capitol Hill Briefing entitled the home stretch for a major tax reform. And of course we crossed a big hurdle today in the house as they agreed to the Senate Budget proposal which of course paves the way for a reconciliation derived tax reform package. This spring the Cato Institute released the eighth cato handbo. And our recommendations for tax reform begin on page 45 of that publication. And further there are four other chapters that deal exclusively with fiscal policy. If you would like more copies, please contact me after the program. Meanwhile fully searchable pdfs are available at cato. Org. With that i would like to introduce rya
Well, good afternoon, everybody. I want to welcome you all today. I am peter russo, i am the director of Congressional Affairs at the Cato Institute and i want to thank you all for coming. You were at a capitol Hill Briefing entitled major tax reform in 2017. Before we begin, if youre watching via cspan or the live stream and would like to join the conversation, wed love to hear from you, so please tweet comments and questions to us and our panel at catoevents. Catoevents. This spring the Mercatus Center released this, if youd like additional copies, please contact me after the program, ill be happy to hook you guys up. Mean while, fully searchable pdfs are available at cato. Org. There is a chapter in here on federal tax reform and the tax treatment of health care and as well as the importance of preserving global tax competition. With that i want to introduce catos Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies and editor of www. Governmentdownsizing. Org, before joining cato, senior