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We are there, got their back and boosting capabilities on it to p protect them. we have made it clear we will offer to share details and certainly it does make them nervous. i think that may be part of the cal cue louse. i know it was for president obama when he ordered the fed system to order the negotiations to go forward to get them -- >> real serious problems north korean threat. very tense, korean peninsula. all of a sudden today we get a big picture view of where this administration want t...

Earns. the larger standard deduction also leads to simplification because far fewer taxpayers will need to itemize which means they are tax form can go back, yes, to that one page, the one simple page i talked about earlier. families in this country will also benefit from tax relief to help them with child and dependent care expenses. we are going to repeal the alternative minimum tax. the amt creates significant complications and burdens which require tax payers to do their taxes twice to see w...

>> exceeding adjusted income, and the insurance her employer in any amount, whatever is exceeding, reimbursed for it, you have to itemize medical expenses to get a deduction, form 1040 schedule a, if standard deduction exceed online deduction it might be a smart move to itemize medical deduction. heather: this is related to people doing this to get extra income selling items on ebay, is that tax deductible? >> i love this question. technically if you find $20 on a street you have to pay taxes on...

The childcare deduction. we simplify simplify simplify, leading these things in. leave that door open opening up the door to more of these things, the more standard deduction the less complex. melissa: immediately the fighting begins over what the deficit looks like and how much more debt we are going to be in. one thing that drives me crazy is when we do this, it is hard 20 survey going forward. how much growth created as a result of lower taxes, static versus dynamic accounting which means are...

Market by approximately $5,000, compared to where we are today. so it actually reduces the cost of insurance, gives more power, more choices to the consumer, without disrupting the employer-provided health insurance market. in the short term, most people in the employer-provided market will continue to get their health care coverage through their employers, but over time, this gives them more choices, and it also gives them an incentive. >> so you want -- youre hoping -- >> -- they can keep thei...

Congress, i had to pay first dollar, and we give family a $20,000 standard deduction for health insurance. lets say you make 60,000 a year, your tax able income is only 40. if you signed the policy that costs $15,000, which is going to ask crowd to shop, not have the government tell you what to buy but to shop fine whats in your bin, lets say it cost 15, you still get the $155,000 detailable. we allow you to buy -- >> this sounds great. what are democrats saying? they say republicans are doing s...

Perrys plan. the most important point of it is you have a choice. there will be an optional 20% flat tax so if you choose to do that, then you get the rest of these changes. the caps would -- caps federal spending at 18% of the gdp and ends the death tax for you. exemptions for families earning $500,000 or less. and the $12,500 standard deduction for dependents. im assuming thats the way it works. if you choose the 20% flat tax, then you have to choose the rest of the plan that comes with that w...

Now some of you might know that i used to write law on the staff of the finance committee where this piece of paper will have to be turned into real legislative language. no tax reform announcement or tax cut announcement in washington has ever been presented with less detail than what the trump administration rushed out today. when president reagan announced, just announced his tax reform plan, he spoke to the country from the oval office for 21 minutes. here is just 30 seconds of what presiden...