We will discuss ways to improve the business provisions of the u. S. Tax code with an eye toward creating jobs and boosting wages for American Workers and improving our countries overall business climate. This hearing is part of our ongoing effort following years of tax hearings and last weeks hearing on individual reform. To report comprehensive tax reform legislation later this year. Members of both parties recognize the need to reform the way we tax businesses in the United States. As a former president as former president obama noted when discussing his own framework for Business Tax Reform, the Current System, quote, does too little to encourage job creation and investment in the United States while allowing firms to benefit from incentives to locate production and shift profits ov overseas. Ent kwoed. As we know, many elements of a particular businesss tax burden depend on the companys organizational form. For example, C Corporations are taxed at the Corporate Tax rate. According
Speakers will include public figures, musicians, poets, and artists. Life coverage at 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. The seasick buses traveling across the country on a 50 capital stewart. We recently stopped in dover delaware asking folks what was the most important issue in their state. Hello, and james in dover. Is the most important issues in delaware is the casinos. Left him a check to have a 43 and half text officials from the casinos are lobbying to lower that tax or that provide employment for hundreds of people great source of revenue. Maybe the tax burden could be lowered a little bit. My name is maria, im a freshman envious you. Im majoring in nursing i think deliver is the dreamers i think its important for us to let Congress Know that this time they need to look at motivation that we are students and americans and we are here to stay. Im a junior at taylor state university. Think the leaders in washington, d. C. Should focus on issues like drug abuse. Delaware has issues wi
Cspan s, where history unfolds daily. Now a Senate Finance Committee Hearing about ways to over haul the tax code. [ inaudible conversations ] we will discuss ways to improve the business provisions of the u. S. Tax code. With an eye towards creating jobs and boosting wages for American Workers and improving over all business climate. This part of the ongoing effort following years of tax hearings and last weeks hearing on individual reform. To draft and report tax reform legislation later this year. Members of both parties recognize the need to reform the way we tax business in the United States. As a former president obama noted when discussing his own frame work, the Current System quote does too little to encourage job creation and investment in the United States while allowing firms to benefit from incentives to low cat production and shift profit over sea. Unquote. Many elements of a particular business tax burden depend on the companies organizational forum. For example, sea cor
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And in a speech be he delivered on the 10th of december this year, so a couple of days a he said there is no excuse for 750 billion u. S. Dollars in food waste per year. When we only need 80 billion u. S. Dollars to feed the hungry. And this comes from a businessman, one of the biggest businessmen there is. So he is really sincere. Im very convinced he is. Nevertheless, roughly i onethird of our food is waste, and i think others you will have better figures of that, but lets say in kilograms or pounds or whatever measurements, but onethird lets keep it at onethird. And it gets lost or it gets wasted. This washington causes emissions to the environment, pesticides, fertilizers, methane, and that is 23 times more potent greenhouse effect than co2. Than the food leads to loss of amounts of labor income, water, you know, agriculture uses loads of water. Its the first user of waters which, fresh water we have lack of in the world as well. Fertile soils get lost. In developing countries, of