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Standard deduction, compute and pay in withholding, subtract a and b and what you owe and send in check or specify, electricically transferred. this should not be hard. we actually had tax returns that were like this once upon a time. rob: the tax code itself is still a zillion pages long and overly complex, right? >> for some people it's still going to pay to itemize detections, for example, if you're a single person making $100,000 a year and you own a home some place in and about a big city like new york, you'll be paying property taxes and state and local taxes and so forth that you'll hit...

Your standard deduction will be 13,000, if you're married in the same house, you will be doing the short form. if you're a working man or woman right out of college making 50,000 a year you will be doing short ferm. rob: middle-class americans should be able -- is it a broad spectrum of people that will use postcard is my question? >> we had estimates 80%, i'm skeptical of that. hey, you won't have to go to h&r block and have mountain of records, all you need is tax form that you get, statement that you get from employer every year, you fill out the boxes and bingo, you're out the door. we are...

Of the cabinet have no interest to go in there and rub elbows with anybody. this is about meeting business leaders and meeting our counterparts. it is all about creating jobs and economic growth for the u.s. as you know, there is tremendous investment in the u.s. there is tremendous trade deals going on. i think that we have been very clear and the president has delivered. look at where the stock market is again part of the president is delivering for american workers. this is all business. i can assure you it has nothing to do with anything other than that. >> mr. secretary, can you say when ...

Speaker of the house, paul ryan. >> they are announcing plans -- all of this has happened in just 20 days. think about this. this is all before families have even started to see the benefits of lower tax rates, better withholding and a higher standard deduction. remember, the typical family of four, making $73,000 will get a $2,059 tax cut just this year. this is just getting started. we look forward to more good news for middle class families and our entire economy. i would like to turn to a very serious issue. as you know, we are working to secure the funding that is needed to rebuild our mi...

>> i can assure you that the members of his cabinet have no interest in going over there and rubbing elbows with anybody. this is about meeting business leaders. this is about meeting our counterpart. this is all about creating jobs, creating economic growth for the u.s. as you know, there's tremendous investment in the u.s., okay, there's tremendous trade deals going on. i think we've been very clear and the president has delivered. look where the stock market is again. the president is delivering for american workers. so this trip is all business. i can assure you it has nothing to do with a...