Is the first major tax reform signed in 30 years. Federal revenues are increasing as the economy grows. April 2018 had a record surplus of $214 billion. Over 500 companies (507) have announced bonuses, wage increases, and new investments. Businesses have invested $482 billion in new, American projects and employees. More than 4.8 million workers received increased wages or bonuses (3.7% of all private workers). Provided $1.5 trillion in tax cuts to individuals. American families received $3.2 trillion in gross tax cuts and saw the child tax credit double. A family of four making $73,000 will get a cut of over $2,000-cutting their taxes in half. Nearly doubled the standard deduction. Repealed Obamacare’s burdensome individual mandate. The bill provides a 20% deduction for small business income, which means $415 billion tax cut. The President lowered the corporate tax rate was lowered from the highest in the industrialized world (35%) to 21%.
President Trump called on Congress to fully fund a wall along the Southern border, to close legal loopholes that enable illegal immigration, to end chain migration, and to eliminate the visa lottery program.
President Trump pulled the United States out of negotiations for a “Global Compact on Migration,” a plan for global governance of immigration and refugee policy that may have compromised U.S. sovereignty.
Under President Trump’s leadership, the Department of Homeland Security took action to wind down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in an orderly fashion, following the assessment of the Department of Justice (DOJ) that DACA lacks legal authorization.
This action gives Congress the opportunity to consider appropriate legislative solutions, as required by our Constitution. The Trump Administration rescinded the unlawful Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) program.
The Department of Homeland Security launched the office of Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE).
The Department of the Interior proposed its largest oil and gas lease of over 76 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico.
President Trump signed an Executive Order to expand offshore oil and gas drilling and open more leases to develop offshore drilling. President Trump and his Administration acted aggressively to increase exports of energy resources to the global market.
This allowed financing for coal and fossil energy projects. The Department of Energy announced the approval of the Lake Charles Liquefied Natural Gas terminal. American LNG export opportunities increased under the Trump Administration. Oil and gas development was unleashed because of expanded resources and infrastructure needed to get them to market.
The Administration approved the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, supporting an estimated total of 42,000 indirect jobs and $2 billion in wages. The Administration announced the approval of the New Burgos Pipeline, a cross-border project that will export U.S. gasoline to Mexico. The Department of the Interior promoted responsible oil and gas development on Federal lands. President Trump directed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rescind the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan (CPP).
According to NERA Economic Consulting, the CPP would have increased electricity rates by as much as 14 percent, costing American households up to $79 billion
Ayden Edwards
President Trump fulfilled his promise and nominated Neil Gorsuch to the United States Supreme Court.
President Trump has nominated over 75 Federal judges. Twenty-eight judges have been confirmed, including a record-setting 14 circuit judges. President Trump implemented higher ethical standards to make sure his Administration works for the American people.
The President signed an Executive Order that placed a five-year ban on lobbying and a lifetime ban on lobbying for foreign countries. President Trump called for a comprehensive plan to reorganize the executive branch. President Trump began a comprehensive overhaul of digitally-delivered government services. President Trump called for a “full audit of the Pentagon.” The Department of Defense (DOD) responded to the President’s call to action, and began its full financial statement audit. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis called for business reform in the DOD to instill budget discipline and effective resource management. To ensure the Government serves the needs of all Americans, President Trump has called for a comprehensive plan to reorganize the executive branch and has begun to implement this plan.
President Trump has commenced a comprehensive overhaul of digitally delivered Government services.
President Trump has called for “conducting a full audit of the Pentagon.” The Department of Defense (DOD) responded to the President’s call to action and has begun its first full financial statement audit.
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has called for business reform in the DOD to instill budget discipline and effective resource management
Adrian Jenkins
The Department of Agriculture provided more than $1 billion in fiscal year 2017 to be used to improve access to health care services for 2.5 million people in rural communities.
President Trump mobilized his entire Administration to address drug addiction and opioid abuse by directing the declaration of a Nationwide Public Health Emergency.
President Trump created a bipartisan opioid commission and they issued 56 recommendations to help defeat the opioid crisis. In October 2017, President Trump directed The Department of Health And Human Services to declare the opioid crisis a public health emergency, allowing grant money to be used to combat abuse. President Trump signed the International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response By Detecting Incoming Contraband With Technology (INTERDICT Act) that would give customs agents $9 million for screening tools on the border. President Trump appropriated more money to the cause. In April 2017, HHS announced it would provide $485 million in grants to states and territories to combat the opioid crisis. In fiscal year 2017, HHS invested nearly $900 million in opioid-specific funding. President Trump proposed changes to Medicaid to combat the opioid crisis. President Trump signed an Executive order to reform the United States healthcare system to take the first steps to expand choices and alternatives to Obamacare plans and increase competition to bring down costs for consumers.
The Secretary of Labor agreed to expand access to Association Health Plans (AHPs), which could potentially allow American employers to form groups across State lines. The Executive Order directed the Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services to implement the changes. President Trump concluded there is no appropriations for cost-sharing reduction (CSR) payments to insurance companies under Obamacare.
CSR payments have no authority and are unlawful. The bailout of insurance companies through these unlawful payments.
Landon Walker
your copy pasta is stale. Mattis isn't defense secretary you fucking idiot.
Jason Moore
Do I need to link the current National Debt? Its out of control now, really smart though, just put it on a giant credit card right? You people are so cucked its not even funny anymore.
Kevin Anderson
The President’s infrastructure plan will establish a Rural Infrastructure Program to invest in rebuilding and modernizing rural infrastructure. The Rural Infrastructure Program will seek to:
Use outcomes-driven planning efforts and capital improvements to rebuild and modernize rural infrastructure. Grow business revenues and personal incomes in rural areas by expanding access to markets, customers, and employment opportunities. Enhance regional connectivity for rural communities through interregional and interstate projects developed by the public and private sectors. Spur economic growth and competitiveness by closing infrastructure gaps to attract more development and manufacturing investments in rural America. President Trump and his Administration allocated $50 billion to empower rural America to address the infrastructure needs of their communities. The $50 billion dedicated to rural America represented 25 percent of all Federal funds in the President’s plan.
80 percent of the Rural Infrastructure Program funds will go directly to the governor of each State as determined by a formula. 20 percent of the Rural Infrastructure Program funds will be provided to selected States that apply for Rural Performance Grants.
Carter Turner
In President Trump’s FY 2018 budget request, school choice was a priority for increased funding, including supporting $1 billion in Furthering Options of Children to Unlock Success grants for public school choice and $250 million to promote private school choice through the Education Innovation and Research Program.
The Department of Education has overseen the first year of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to empower States with the flexibility they need to educate their students.
35 States and the District of Columbia have had their ESSA plans approved and the Department of Education is reviewing the plans for the remaining states. The Department of Education is urging states to embrace the opportunity provided by ESSA to end top-down mandates from Washington, D.C. Secretary DeVos conducted a ReThink School tour in 13 schools across 6 states to showcase schools that were finding innovative solutions to better serve students.
Joshua Carter
REFORMING STUDENT AID President Trump and his Administration are taking steps to reform the student aid process.
Secretary DeVos implemented the year-round distribution of Pell grants, instead of limiting these grants to the Spring and Fall semesters.
Low-income students will now have access to these funds over Summer and Winter breaks so they can earn their degrees faster with fewer loans. The Department of Education reformed the student loan servicing process to improve the customer experience and lower costs.
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid is being reformed to be more accessible to students.
Experts from the financial services industry were brought into the Department of Education to modernize the way FSA offers and services student loans.
Jordan Morris
ENDING HARMFUL REGULATIONS: President Trump and his Administration have identified and begun to end harmful regulations while maintaining protections for students.
The Department of Education is working to ensure regulations on the books adequately protect students while giving States, institutions, teachers, parents and students the flexibility they need to improve outcomes.
The Dept. of Education has identified and withdrawn nearly 600 regulations that are deemed unnecessary.
Secretary DeVos rescinded the 2011 Dear Colleague Letter and 2014 Q&A regarding Title IX enforcement, and interim guidance was issued.
Secretary DeVos paused the Obama Administration’s Borrower Defense to Repayment and Gainful Employment regulations.
The Department of Education’s Regulatory Review Taskforce identified nearly 600 outdated guidance documents for Secretary DeVos to rescind.
Dylan Green
President Trump signed the Veterans Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act to allow senior officials in the Department of Veterans Affairs (V.A.) to fire failing employees and establish safeguards to protect whistleblowers.
This resulted in Veterans Affairs firing 1,298 employees, suspending 425, and demoting 73. After it passed unanimously in August 2017, President Trump signed the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act.
This streamlined the lengthy process that veterans undergo when appealing disability benefits claims with the Veterans Affairs. The President signed the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act, an important step in providing our nation’s heroes the support they have earned.
This funded the post-9/11 GI Bill, which provided educational benefits to veterans, service members, and their family members, including tuition, fees, books, housing, and additional costs. The President signed the V.A. Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017 to authorize $2.1 billion in additional funds for the Veterans Choice Program (VCP).
President Trump signed a bill to allow the V.A. to fire incompetent employees. President Trump signed legislation to fully fund the popular V.A. Choice Program. The Trump Administration created a new White House V.A. Hotline, staffed by veterans and family members.
Veterans Affairs increased transparency and accountability by launching an online “Access and Quality Tool.” This provides veterans a way to access wait time and quality of care data.
President Trump and Veterans Affairs Secretary Dr. David Shulkin announced three initiatives to expand access to healthcare for veterans using telehealth technology:
“Anywhere to Anywhere Veterans Affairs Health Care” allows Veterans Affairs providers to use telehealth technology to serve veterans no matter where the provider or veteran is located. V.A. Video Connect allows veterans and providers to connect by video across the country.
Luis Campbell
It’s already being built by the military.
Logan Kelly
Some have though, and we have foreign companies coming here, you also have to remember that some [if not all] of the holdouts are tied in with NWO
Eli Smith
It was obama who upped the debt not trump.
Parker Gray
WRONG But thanks for playing.
Ethan Wilson
I made about $50 more this year on each paycheck thanks to the tax cuts. .And I just filed my taxes and I'm still getting more back than last year. Thanks Trump for being the hero we need, but lefties don't deserve, because they are such fags.
go back to /pol/ nigger >But since you're here anyways, I'll say a word or two. That nigga changed my life. No joke. I have a full carreer now and have hope for the future after turning 18 after Bush got re-elected. For 16 years despite having a degree I thought I was doomed to work under employed jobs making barely above cost of living and watching nepotism have people promoted to positions I was more qualified for (shit, I'm not even a white dude and I'm getting fucked). He also stopped TPP. I have hope and self respect for the first time in a long time. Also my Bank account is starting to get fat as fuck. Honestly, Gorsuch scares me cause he helped draft the patriot act, but whatever Hillary would of chose worse. Wanna know something crazy? Pollution stats are down despite regulation loosening up. >There is a lot of copy pasta here to chew threw, but I'll say Space force going to do wonders for the economy and science and will most likely never be used on another country cause its cheaper/easier to shoot an IBM instead of attack from orbit. There is a lot of shit being talked. Everyone knows a lot of it is hype. At the end of the day, people will look at their bank accounts and vote the guy in again. Reminds me of a different election a long time ago.... (pic related)
Compare his interviews for the 80's to anything form the last ten years. CLEARLY not the same person. It's like he was trapped under the ice for a half hour or something. But just like Reagan, republitards just don't care.
Benjamin Morgan
Try Googling "Obama Selfie Stick" or "Obama Bike Helmet" As long as a liberal black man holds office, these sub-human 'tards hold the POTUS to an insanely high standard, but let a Conservative take office, and he can do no wrong. Fucking Hypocrites.
Eli Torres
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