The National Diversity Coalition for Trump believes in
and supports ALL Americans. We stand with our President, his cabinet and all
the federal and local agencies that have worked together to keep those in
Florida safe during this disaster. Their demonstration of teamwork and action
is a real-life example of the American spirit!
Our thoughts are with the families affected by hurricanes
Harvey and Irma and we wish them all a fast recovery.
Despite these awful events that would cripple any other
nation, we continue to see positives throughout our country.
People are coming together to help one another regardless
of race, creed, religion or political party.
American pride and confidence in our ability to make it through tough times continues to outshine the rhetoric of divide that has been pushed by the mainstream media and Democrats.
Consumer and business confidence is still on the rise and with talks of tax reform on the horizon, there are plenty of positives to expect.
A recent Gallup Poll indicates that “two-thirds of the public now says their living circumstances are getting better".
Below is the President’s statement about the bi-partisan meeting to move his agenda forward.
American pride and confidence in our ability to make it through tough times continues to outshine the rhetoric of divide that has been pushed by the mainstream media and Democrats.
Consumer and business confidence is still on the rise and with talks of tax reform on the horizon, there are plenty of positives to expect.
A recent Gallup Poll indicates that “two-thirds of the public now says their living circumstances are getting better".
Below is the President’s statement about the bi-partisan meeting to move his agenda forward.
Also below is information regarding tax reform and
about the
Small Business Administration looking to fill temporary JOBS to help with
hurricane relief.
Make America Great Again!
Michael Cohen - Chair
Christos Marafatsos - Vice Chair
Bruce LeVell, Executive Director
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REMARKS
BY PRESIDENT TRUMP
IN
BIPARTISAN MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
THE
PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. I am pleased to welcome this bipartisan group
of Democrats and Republican lawmakers to the White House. More and more, we're trying to work things
out together. That's a positive thing,
and it's good for the Republicans and good for the Democrats. And this group knows that very well.
Whether we can
do the incredible things that we're doing -- and working in a bipartisan
fashion, obviously, would be a positive and, I think, something, Tom, that we
all feel good about.
I want to thank
Tom Reed. He's been a friend of mine for
a long time. He was there right at the
beginning when it wasn't very fashionable.
Right? And I really appreciate
it.
And Josh
Gottheimer, for helping to organize this very important gathering. I think it's really -- the whole concept of
what we're trying to do is very, very important.
Inspired by the
example of our own citizens, we should be able to come together to make
government work for the people -- that's why I was elected, that's why I ran --
and to provide jobs and opportunities to millions of struggling families. This includes tax reform that is pro-jobs,
pro-growth, pro-family, and pro-American.
It's very simple. It's all
pro-American.
There are four principles for tax
reform: Make the tax code simple and
fair; cut taxes substantially -- it will be the largest tax decree in the
history of our country for the middle class; encourage companies to hire and
grow in America.
And by doing that,
we're going to have to reduce the taxes for companies. Right now, we're at 35 percent and really
much higher when you add state taxes in.
And China is at 15 percent, and we wonder why are we not competing well
against China. So they're at 15 percent
and we're at 35 percent plus. And that
doesn't work.
And bring back
trillions of dollars -- we have trillions of dollars overseas that we'll bring
back, and we'll bring them back quickly.
So this is money that -- Josh and Tom and
everybody in this room can tell you -- everybody has agreed to bring it back
for years but it never gets done. So
we're putting it down as part of our tax proposal.
Another bipartisan
project that is urgently needed is infrastructure and infrastructure
investment. For decades now, Washington
has allowed our infrastructure to fall into a state of total decay and
disrepair. And it's time now to build
new roads, new bridges, airports, tunnels, highways, and railways all across
our great land.
When we set aside
our differences -- and it's amazing how sometimes how little our differences
are -- we put our country and we put the citizens of our country first. And that's what this is all about.
So we want to have
a great new tax cut and tax reform, simplification, and massive cuts, and we
want to get our country working again and competing again worldwide. And there
will be nothing that can stop us.
On top of that,
we'll be discussing probably a little bit of healthcare, because I know some
information has come to light. So we'll
be discussing -- because ultimately -- well, we have some Democrats, I won't
speak -- I think I can speak for the Republicans, generally.
But we do want to
do something very, very powerfully with respect to Obamacare. It has not worked; the rates are going
through the roof. The numbers that you
looked at -- no matter where you go, no matter where you look, healthcare is
failing in our country. And we’re going
to get it changed, and we’re going to get it changed fast.
Infrastructure -- we’ll be talking
about. And we’ll probably also be
talking about DACA because we don’t want to forget DACA. And it’s already been a week and a half, and
people don’t talk about it as much.
We want to see if we can do something with regard to
immigration, with regard to the 800,000 people that are now young people. They’re not children anymore. They were children, now they’re young
people. But we want to see if we can do
something in a bipartisan fashion so that we can solve the DACA problem and
other immigration problems. So we’ll be
discussing that today.
And then
tonight, I’m having dinner with Senator Schumer and Nancy Pelosi and we’ll
continue some discussions.
So we have a lot of things in the fire,
but I think right now, first and foremost, so that we can compete again -- and
especially in light of the fact that we had two massive hurricanes, the likes
of which, I guess, our country has never seen.
I don’t think they have ever seen.
One was the biggest ever in water and the other was the biggest ever in
wind. And you put them together and we
have devastation in Texas and in Florida, and we’ve done -- and other parts of
our country, by the way.
And I think we’ve
gotten very high marks for the way we’ve handled them thus far, and we continue
to handle them well. But they were very
big and very powerful and it was very unfortunate.
But because of
that, more than ever, we now need great tax reform and great tax cuts. So we are here as a group -- bipartisan -- to
try and see what we can come up with.
Thank you all very much. I
appreciate it. Thank you.
Q
Mr. President, some conservatives are skeptical of this new approach
with Democrats. What would you tell
them? Why have Leader Pelosi and Senator
Schumer over tonight? What’s your
message for skeptical conservatives?
THE
PRESIDENT: Well, I’m conservative
and, I will tell you, I’m not skeptical.
And I think that if we can do things in a bipartisan manner, that will
be great.
Now, it might not work out, in which case,
we’ll try and do them without. But I
think if we can do, in a bipartisan manner -- if you look at some of the
greatest legislation ever passed, it was done on a bipartisan manner. And so that’s why we’re going to give it a
shot. Right, Tom? And we’ll see what we can do. And if it works out, great. And if it doesn’t work out, great. Hopefully we’ll be able to do it anyways --
Republicans.
Okay? Thank you.
Q (Inaudible) 15 percent
corporate tax rate with a bipartisan --
THE
PRESIDENT: We’re looking at a 15
percent rate. And we want a 15 percent
rate because that would bring us low -- not by any means the lowest -- but it
would bring us to a level where China and other countries are. And we will be able to compete with
anybody. Nobody will be able to touch
us. So we would like to see 15 percent.
Thank you very much everybody.
And, by the way,
lower for individuals -- much lower than that for individuals. And the rich will not be gaining at all with
this plan. We’re looking for the middle
class, and we’re looking for jobs. Jobs,
meaning companies. So we’re looking at
the middle class and we’re looking at jobs.
Q
Will the wealthy have to accept higher taxes --
THE
PRESIDENT: I think the wealthy will
be pretty much where they are -- pretty much where they are. If we can do that, we’d like it. If they have to go higher, they’ll go higher,
frankly. We’re looking at the middle
class and we’re looking at jobs.
Okay?
Thank you very much.
END
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Tax Reform:
The
Importance for Small Business
The goal is to enact tax reform that will lower the tax
burden on small-businesses, enable them to invest in the economy and create
more jobs and restructure the code so that it is fair and simple.
Lower Tax Burden
According to a recent CNBC survey, taxes are
the No.1 concern of small business owners
95 percent of
small businesses are structured as “pass-through” organizations, which are not
subject to the corporate income tax; instead their income is reported on their
owners’ tax returns and subject to the individual income tax
According to
the Tax Foundation, these pass through businesses have a top marginal tax rate
of more than 44 percent, which means in most U.S. states pass-through
businesses can face marginal tax rates that exceed 47 percent
These
pass-through businesses are the drivers of economic growth. In 2014, 57.3
percent of the U.S. private-sector workforce was employed or self-employed at a
pass-through business.
Job
Creation
The U.S. economy is dominated by small business, making
them one of the largest overall contributors to economic health and prosperity
(Source: U.S. Chamber of Commerce):
There are 28
million small businesses
Small business
represent more than 99 percent of all employers
Small
businesses generates 64 percent of net new private-sector jobs
Small
businesses represent nearly 50 percent of the nation’s economic output
These small
business are able to increase the nation’s economic strength by employing
American workers and expanding their businesses
A recent study from the National Bureau of Economic
Research concluded that tax cuts aimed at small businesses in the bottom 90
percent of the economy were highly effective at increasing overall economic
growth and employment.
Fair
and Simple
We need to provide tax relief for small businesses across
the United States who have been treated unfairly by the current system:
In 2013, a
study for the National Federation of Independent Business and the S Corporation
Association found that small businesses pay a higher effective tax rate than
many large corporations
Our goal is to
ensure that the tax code does not place an undue burden on small businesses
Simplifying
the tax code is crucial
The tax code is
2,600 pages long with more than 70,000 forms, instructions, and other pieces of
guidance
It costs small
businesses approximately as much as $16 billion to comply with the tax code
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Hurricane response jobs at the SBA
The Small Business Administration is hiring
temporary employees to assist with disaster relief efforts this hurricane
season from September 1st to December 31st, 2017. Bilingual language skills a
plus.
