And so the risk of almost all of the flash point issues is whether or not we can manage them without them being politicized. There is probably some kind of wiggle room to address some concerns that are outstanding related to the agreement. I think in a way the bigger issues, they are looking at them from different perspectives. The koreans havent caught up to the idea that for trump the only thing that matters is the merchandise trade balance. That is a contested view. I think even within the u. S. And probably it is going to take some effort to absorb that and try to figure out how to respond to that. They will need some time to put together a strategy on that i think. Yeah. I think a lot of it is the intent and the messaging. You can say maybe there is a mechanism for doing that. Some things didnt work out as well as you wanted to. You can say why dont we gret the folks together and youre willing to walk away from it. If its negotiating it may be counter productive coming in with gun
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This is an hour and a half. Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome. My name is maureen conway. Vice president at the Aspen Institute and executive director. I am delighted to welcome you to todays conversation in our working in america series. At the Economic Opportunities program we do a lot a variety of work to advance ideas that will help low and moderate income americans connect to Economic Opportunity and thrive in a changing economy. In the working in america series in particular, we look at a variety of issues that affect the shape of opportunity that working americans face and consider ideas that could make things better for working people. Were extremely grateful to the ford foundation, to the prudential foundation, and the Walmart Foundation for their support of the working in america series. In todays conversation, as you have seen, well talk taxes and what tax reform could mean for low and moderate income workers in the United States. If you think about taxes, you probably try
This is an hour and a half. Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome. My name is maureen conway. Vice president at the Aspen Institute and executive director. I am delighted to welcome you to todays conversation in our working in america series. At the Economic Opportunities program we do a lot a variety of work to advance ideas that will help low and moderate income americans connect to Economic Opportunity and thrive in a changing economy. In the working in america series in particular, we look at a variety of issues that affect the shape of opportunity that working americans face and consider ideas that could make things better for working people. Were extremely grateful to the ford foundation, to the prudential foundation, and the Walmart Foundation for their support of the working in america series. In todays conversation, as you have seen, well talk taxes and what tax reform could mean for low and moderate income workers in the United States. If you think about taxes, you probably try
Lets start with what corporations are paying now. Line rate which is 35 . Top tax rate the on corporations. Theres lots of studies that have said that tax rate is substantially less than that. Were talking federal taxes. Were not talking entire state, and all that. Government accountability a nonpartisanis entity, they looked a the for years, 2008 to 2012, they profitable u. S. Corporation. They said theyre paying 14 tax rate. Thats more than half under what the effective tax rate is. Lots of studies that that essentially youre talking about trickle down. If you give more profits to know will spend the money to invest. That will create more jobs and economy. Academicsll, most dont believe studies dont show that trickle down works. We went through that before. Bang for the buck, you get a lot jobs created if you invest in infrastructure. Three times as much job infrastructure as you do with Corporate Tax breaks. Study. A cbo corporations are very flush with profits. Their profiters are