out and had about 18 tax cut plans, he s straightened out the tax code in ohio and these are the types of things either presidential candidate needs to implement, going forward. to start creating jobs again. susan, john makes a good point, fighting unions and collective bargaining, going up against regulations. those are all things that seem to be working on the state level. should the candidates be looking at this? you know, on the regulatory front i do agree with john but, the notion that tax rates are the panacea and the policy magic wand is completely false. if you look at iowa, for instance they had a 1% highest corporate tax rate of any state in the country and the lowest unemployment rates, 5. % and nevada almost the lowest tax burden on a personal and corporate level, almost the highest unemployment rate. tax rates are not the panacea, the governor romney and a lot of republicans pretend they are, but i think the business climate is an important issue and takes into accou
challenge on his and ryan s specific budgets and his tax cut plans? i think he has to. i think it s the biggest contrast in this election. it s the it s the basic choice that is framing this entire election. and i think, unfortunately, many americans are unfamiliar with the details that ezra just laid out. so, if the president can quickly, swiftly articulate his own budget, the ryan budget, the romney budget, the tice between them, i think that will be a major selling point, particularly with middle class voters who would be hardest hit by romney/ryan tax plans. alicia, we ve seen a more clear contrast in two candidates positions in women s rights and roe versus wade. and we are looking at the fact that governor romney, when questioned about his favorite justices, he said john roberts, alito, clarence thomas, scalia,
they all have their tax cut plans or their tax reform plans that they want to talk about. we really want to connect the dots in terms of why that means job creation. and that s what we re going to try to figure out tonight. mitt romney s go ahead. no, you go. mitt romney s got a 59-point plan, but he hasn t been able to close the sale with republicans. so he s got in his home turf here, the state where he was born, where his father was the governor, he s got to answer questions about what s the right path forward for the auto industry, were mistakes made? did he make mistakes in his advocacy there? and try to make the sale with republicans who haven t been willing to jump onboard. and that s what we were going to talk about, john, we talked about an erick erickson post that got the republican party and conservative movement talking. one of the things he said was he wasn t that true conservative, but jon huntsman may be, and
likely sparked this disaster. we re live on the scene as one of america s close allies battles their worst fire ever. back to the drawing board. two tax cut plans shot down in the senate. your money at stake. senators voting to reject proposal for tax cut for those makes less than there are 250,000. they tourned down a plan for those could renew plan for those makes less than $1 million. if congress doesn t take action, tax cuts expire at the end of the year, january 1. you will see more money coming out of your paycheck and everyone has to pay more. vote is a big disappointment for president obama who says it will take compromise from both sides in washington to get something passed soon.
the u.s. representative said the w t o has lost its focus and was going to easy on wealthier developing countries like china the e.u. s top five economies it back saying donald trump s tax cut plans may distort international trade. protests are a common sight at these conferences but they re not the only ones upset with the w t o the united states was once a big proponent now under president donald trump it is more of a skeptic well all members agree that the w t o needs improving the u.s. is threatening to pull out altogether a sentiment made clear by u.s. trade representative robert slight ties a who presented a veiled critique of china in particular we cannot sustain a situation in which new rules can only apply to a few. and that others will be given