And Trump's policies to date — a combination
of deep tax cuts and sharp spending increases — are shortening the fuse on that fiscal time bomb, by dramatically widening the already unsustainable gap between revenues and outlays.
Not exact matches
As part
of that bigger deal, he said, Republicans would be open to additional revenue, so long as it was paired with
deep spending
cuts and didn't come from higher
tax rates.
In addition, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its Global Financial Stability Report, warned that a «wholesale dilution or backtracking»
of existing regulations in the U.S., coupled with
deep tax cuts, could lead to dangerously high financial risk - taking such as we saw pre-2008.
If you recall, small - caps skyrocketed in the days immediately following the 2016 presidential election as investors anticipated the implementation
of «America first» policies —
deep corporate
tax cuts, deregulation, tariffs on imported goods — that would greatly favor inward - facing companies.
The final legislation released by Republicans on Friday follows the broad strokes
of the previous House and Senate bills, providing
deep and longstanding
tax cuts for businesses, including a corporate
tax rate
of 21 percent, down from the current 35 percent.
«While George Osborne's
deep cuts and
tax rises have now started to kick in these disappointing figures show the Government actually borrowed more in the first two months
of this year than the first two months
of last year.
Big firms are able to afford expensive advisors, consultants and lawyers, while HMRC has few staff members with
deep knowledge
of tax affairs and stands to lose employees and funding as spending
cuts bite in the new year.
Proponents
of raising
taxes on New York's wealthiest say they have a new impetus to increase the state's revenue — the continued bad news from Washington about
deep federal
cuts to health care and other areas.
Despite the
deep federal
cuts that could be coming in the next couple
of years, the governor is not yet ready to sign on to a plan by Assembly Democrats to expand an existing
tax on millionaires to add three higher
tax brackets.
[108] There is evidence
of this commitment to
cutting the state in his party's manifesto, with Osborne and the Conservatives seeking to
cut the deficit «faster and
deeper» than any other main party as well as committing to various
tax cuts such as inheritance
tax and national insurance.
In his first Budget Geoffrey Howe raised VAT and
cut income
tax, and during the
deep recession
of 1981 he
cut government expenditure.
ALBANY, NY (03/02/2011)(readMedia)-- Sixteen New Yorkers were arrested today in the first major act
of civil disobedience since Governor Cuomo took office during a protest
of his corporate - backed agenda
of tax cuts for millionaires and
deep spending
cuts to healthcare, education and social services.
That this House expresses
deep concern at the impact
of the UK Government's policies on Wales; notes the UK Government's real - terms reduction
of the Welsh Budget by # 1.5 bn; notes that Wales currently suffers from the lowest average rates
of pay in Britain and has the highest proportion
of individuals affected by
cuts to social security including the Bedroom
Tax; further notes that Wales suffers the highest energy bills in the UK and that these, along with low pay, have compounded the cost
of living crisis in Wales; and calls on the Government to immediately scrap the Bedroom
Tax, freeze energy bills and undertake measures to increase pay rates in Wales.
We will force Governor Cuomo to defend his record
of deep education
cuts, his
tax cuts for banks and billionaires, his refusal to ban fracking and his failure to lead on the Dream Act.
Sampson seemed to be pitching Cuomo on reconsidering his opposition to extending the so - called «millionaire's
tax,» which is set to sunset at the end
of the year, to reduce some
of his
deep cuts to Medicaid and education aid.
Responding, David Cameron accused the chancellor
of cynically announcing the
tax cut to escape a «
deep hole», remarking it was the move
of a chancellor heading towards a general election, not a party leadership contest.
The letter takes issue with Cuomo's
deep health care and education spending
cuts while giving wealthy New Yorkers a «massive
tax break» by allowing the temporary three - year PIT increase to expire on schedule at the end
of this year.
«It is astonishing that at a time when millions
of families and pensioners are being hit hard by
deep spending
cuts and
tax rises, the first priority
of David Cameron's restless Tory backbenchers is unfair
tax cuts only for a few,» Labour Treasury spokesman David Hanson said.
When Trump adds his distinctive signature to the
tax bill, he will also be making a huge bet that the Republican strategy
of deep cuts for businesses and wealthy individuals will fuel extraordinary growth across the board.
Secondary concerns include the town's response to the recent flood disasters, and
deeper ideological struggles over
taxes, budget
cuts, and the size
of government.
Rep. Josh Elliott, one
of the chamber's most liberal Democrats, told The Courant that he is still undecided because the House Democratic budget has
deep spending
cuts and no income
tax increases on the state's wealthiest citizens.
Vince Cable, so admirable and exemplary on the banks, nevertheless remains a deficit hawk, committed to
tax cuts which could imply an even
deeper slashing
of public services.
Higher council
tax bands have always been the likely way
of appeasing the Lib Dem demand for higher
taxes on the wealthy as their price for accepting
deeper cuts in welfare.
Hundreds protested Cuomo's
cuts, some were arrested, an intensity
of unrest unseen in Albany since Republican Gov. George Pataki made
deep budget
cuts in hard times in the 1990s, after a campaign that called for an end to
tax - and - spend Mario Cuomo.
Despite the minimal uptick in rates, the fiscally conservative budget maintains
deep cuts in county
tax rates achieved over the course
of the past decade, with
taxes still sharply lower than the $ 8.78 per $ 1,000 rate reached in 2004.
Across the aisle, Assemblyman Billy Jones (D - Chateaugay), who took office earlier this month, said he liked the middle class
tax cut and increased education aid, and also hailed the governor's proposals to build on fighting the opiate epidemic, including the creation
of drug recovery «high schools» and crisis treatment centers alongside
deeper insurance reforms.
To isolate the effect
of the recessionary spending
cuts from that
of the general ill - effects
of the recession, Cora Wigger, Heyu Xiong and I rely on the fact that states that relied heavily on state
taxes to fund public schools experienced the
deepest education revenue
cuts during the recession, on average.
Sequestration —
deep, across - the - board
cuts to nearly all federal spending — is a major component
of the triple - threat fiscal cliff, which also includes the expiration
of both the Bush - era
tax cuts and the temporary payroll
tax holiday.
This year, three school districts that have all taken
deep cuts in their revenues because
of property
tax caps added to the state's constitution in 2010 — Franklin Township, Mt. Vernon Community Schools and MSD Wayne Township — petitioned the board this year.
But while the people reel from the impact
of the major
tax increases and
deep spending
cuts to vital services that are part
of the new budget, there is one group that is overjoyed with the state budget that is receiving so much criticism from across the political spectrum.
While Boulder Valley's budget is in good shape thanks to an annual $ 22.5 million
tax increase approved by voters in November, many other districts are facing
deep budget
cuts because
of decreases in state funding.
«The
tax on books and the closure
of libraries is an attack on writers, bookstore owners, publishers, and students (who are being hit by this budget six ways to Sunday, through school closures,
deep cuts to the university, threats to the tuition freeze, the loss
of grants, job losses in the community colleges, and a hike in the price
of already - expensive textbooks).
Hope that a
deep corporate
tax cut might come to fruition helped U.S. small - cap stocks make up almost all
of the year - to - date underperformance
of their large - cap counterparts in just six weeks» time.
A robust carbon cap or
tax should put the economy on a trajectory toward the science - based
deep cuts in emissions required to limit some
of the worst impacts
of climate change.
The Dollar recovered some
of its
deep losses in recent weeks, but the GOP's struggle with the
tax reform, and especially the likely delay
of the corporate
tax cut weighed on the currency this week.
In the end, Ryan oversaw compromises that trimmed some personal deductions and settled for temporary individual
tax relief to help cover the cost
of the
deep corporate
tax cut.
(Bloomberg)-- Senate Republicans passed the most extensive rewrite
of the U.S.
tax code in more than 30 years, a bill that delivers a
deep, permanent
tax cut for corporations and shorter - term relief for individuals.