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The Patriot Post Digest 9-11-2017
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Last week, Ivanka joined Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ), Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist in a panel discussion regarding the plan to pass legislation providing tax credits that offset the cost of dependent care. In the audience of this forum were representatives of several conservative and Christian organizations interested in policies that impact families, including the Faith & Freedom Coalition, Live Action, the Family Research Council, Americans for Prosperity, the National Taxpayers Union, American Enterprise Institute, Focus on the Family, March for Life and the Southern Baptist Convention.
A passionate Ivanka Trump began with opening remarks citing specific statistics that point to the reality of the burden for those who want to raise a family and yet strive to achieve an adequate income to raise that family. Ivanka declared that the current child tax credit of $1,000 should “at least double” with “this administration pushing for the largest child tax credit possible.”
The legislators, Lee and Schweikert, spoke of details of a proposed Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit that would be increased to $2,500 and that would be partially refundable — though at a cost of at least $500 billion in taxpayer funds over 10 years, according to the Tax Policy Center.
Research shows that corporate paid parental leave policies do increase work opportunities and wages while reducing dependence on government benefits like food stamps. However, when government mandates policies within businesses, those mandates cost jobs, just as America witnessed in the change of many jobs from full-time to part-time in response to the mandates of ObamaCare. Instead, the use of tax credits can boost overall wages kept by workers who struggle to remain in the workforce while juggling child and dependent care. These credits would also require that at least one parent be actively employed to qualify, making this a support to workers, not an entitlement.
Norquist noted the unique approach to this tax proposal within the comprehensive reforms for business: “We’ve never had a successful tax reform that was not both pro-growth and pro-family. That’s how we put together a winning coalition to understand why we need to do it. It’s also important to do both of those things as we move forward.”
Politically, this approach balances the impersonal, big-business nature of corporate tax reform to address a day-to-day issue within middle class families. While business analysts clamor for the dramatic impact to our nation’s economy that will result from a corporate tax rollback to President Trump’s proposed rate of 15%, middle class families will certainly see a greater earnings potential for those choosing and able to work.
In light of President Trump’s recent pivot to include Democrat minority leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi in his legislative efforts after the impotence of the Republican House and Senate majorities to lead, a child tax credit would provide cover for Democrat support of an overall tax proposal that was broad, not “just for the rich, greedy corporations.”
The White House has not yet released a detailed proposal of its desired tax reforms, however, President Trump has remained steadfast in his call for both corporate and individual tax cuts that expand the benefit to businesses and workers. Knowing that his base of working class Americans are looking to see tax reforms that benefit them, not some unseen market that always serves corporate interests, Trump and his oldest daughter seem willing to fight the big money protecting corporate lobbying to see this through.
The tension in expanding tax credits is healthy among conservatives who understand that manipulated markets are not free and don’t self-correct. In other words, there are good reasons to be skeptical of the real economic wisdom of Ivanka’s proposal. Yet Trump’s populist appeal is still strong, and increasing the child tax credit would in many ways be a big boost to families.
While specifics are elusive, the fact remains: Money that remains in the family budget is always better spent than money confiscated and redistributed by a bloated, wasteful, distant government.
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OPINION IN BRIEF
Burt Prelutsky: “In the always tough competition for being named Hypocrite of the Year, I think that even with four months remaining in 2017, we have a winner. In her book, ‘What Happened,’ which I believe should end with a question mark, Hillary Clinton reports that during the second presidential debate, when Donald Trump approached her on stage, she felt she was not only in the presence of evil but that she felt her skin crawling. And, why wouldn’t she? After all, she regarded him as a creep, a serial groper of women, and here he was, absolutely looming over her like a gargoyle. The problem is that for millions of us, it sounded less like a 69-year-old writing a book about a political campaign and more like a page out of Hillary Rodham’s diary after her first date with Bill Clinton. With Mrs. Clinton, the laughs never stop. Consider that when she was asked how it was that she was named Hillary, she mentioned that she was named after Sir Edmund Hillary, who was knighted for his conquest of Mt. Everest. The problem is that she was born in 1948, and Sir Edmund didn’t climb the world’s tallest mountain until 1953. Frankly, I think we are long past having to select a Hypocrite of the Year on an annual basis. It’s time to either end the competition or at least commission a trophy to be bestowed in the future and call it the Hillary.”
SHORT CUTS
The Gipper: “Approximately 80 percent of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let’s not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.”
Village Idiots: “It’s … scary to know that climate change is due to human activity, and we continue to ignore it, and the only voice that we really have is through voting. … You’re watching these hurricanes now, and it’s really hard … not to feel mother nature’s rage and wrath.” —actress Jennifer Lawrence
Blame Game, episode 423: “[NBC’s Matt Lauer] turned what should have been a serious discussion into a pointless ambush.” —Hillary Clinton grousing in her book about Lauer daring to ask her about her email scandal during the network’s “Commander-in-Chief Forum” about fitness for handling national security
Friendly fire: “Look, Secretary Clinton ran against the most unpopular candidate in the history of this country, and she lost. And she was upset about it. Now, I understand that. … [But] I think it’s a little bit silly to be keeping talking about 2016. We got too many problems.” —Bernie Sanders
Demo-gogues: “I just think the time has come [for single-payer health care]. Back in ‘09, we were not ready to address it. It would never have passed. Here we are nine years later, I think it’s time to hopefully have a very serious good faith look at it. … It’s [been] anathema for a long time, and then suddenly — acceptance.” —Sen. Max Baucus, who steadfastly opposed single-payer in 2009
Non Compos Mentis: “I don’t like broad brushes and I don’t know enough about [antifa] to say that they’re terrorists. … [The group] wasn’t really the issue in Charlottesville at all.” —Sen. Tim Kaine
Probably colluding with the Russians too: “What can we do to deal with the KKK, the white nationalists, the extremists, the alt-right? They’re on the Internet, they’re Breitbart. If you look at the YouTube, you see how much they want to kill me and others.” —Rep. Maxine Waters
Alpha Jackass: “I’m not wishing for it… but I’d be ok if #BetsyDevos was sexually assaulted.” —Texas attorney Rob Ranco
And last… “Berkeley hunkers down and seeks safe shelter from approaching one-in100-years storm of diversity of thought.” —Twitter satirist @hale_razor
Semper Vigilans Fortis Paratus et Fidelis
Managing Editor Nate Jackson
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