“The senior adviser set up the account after the election. Other West Wing officials have also used private email accounts for official business.” More …
Month: October 2017
At Least Six Trump White House Officials Used Private Email
“Multiple current and former White House officials have used private email for official administration correspondence, CNN has learned.” More …
Trump Tax Plan Would Raise Taxes on Many Middle-Income Families
“White House economic adviser Gary Cohn said a ‘typical’ American family making about $100,000 would get a tax break of about $1,000. [Editor’s Note: typical American family earns $59,000.] ‘If we allow a family to keep another $1,000 of their income, what does that mean?’ he asked. ‘They can renovate their kitchen. They can buy a new car. They can take a family vacation. They can increase their lifestyle.'” [Editor’s Note: Where are new cars sold for $1000?] Billionaires out of touch with the real world. More …
“Big Six” Tax Framework Provides Windfall to High-Income Households, With Working Families Largely an Afterthought
“The ‘Big Six’ Republican tax framework announced today specifies large tax cuts aimed at profitable corporations and wealthy households while offering only vague promises for lower- and middle-income working families. It closely follows many aspects of the House GOP’s ‘Better Way’ plan released last year, which was heavily tilted to those high on the income scale. Like that plan, the new framework offers little for working families with modest incomes compared to what it would do for those at the top.” More …
Wealthy, Not Middle Class, Would Be Big Winners in GOP Tax Plan
“About 30 percent of those earning between $50,000 and $150,000 would pay more under the Republican plan, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center.” More …
Economists Have No Use for Republican Tax Cuts
They don’t boost growth; they just add to deficits. More …
Trump’s Unpaid-For Tax Cuts May Total $5 Trillion In New Tax Plan
Failure to pay for tax cuts by closing tax loopholes may put Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and Education on the Chopping Block More …
Trump’s VA Secretary Is the Fourth Cabinet Member to be Caught in a Travel Expense Scandal
“Overshadowed by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price’s resignation Friday afternoon, Veterans Affairs chief David Shulkin is the latest Trump cabinet member to be found mixing personal trips and expenses with government travel. The VA secretary cruised the Thames, took in sight-seeing at Westminster Abbey, and watched a Wimbledon tennis match during a 10-day European trip with his wife, according to an itinerary obtained by The Washington Post.” More …
Jetsetters! Interior Secretary Zinke Traveled on Charter, Military Planes
“Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and his aides have taken several flights on private or military aircraft, including a $12,000 charter plane to take him to events in his hometown in Montana and private flights between two Caribbean islands, according to documents and a department spokeswoman.” More …
Jetsetters! The Trump Officials Caught Splurging on Luxury Travel Paid for by Taxpayers
So far five and counting: Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, EPA Administration Scott Pruitt, HHS Secretary Tom Price, VA Secretary David Shulkin, and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. More …