Posted on 01/23/2017 7:06:11 AM PST by Enlightened1
President Donald Trump (C) leads a meeting with invited business leaders and members of his staff in the Roosevelt Room at the White House January 23, 2017 in Washington, DC. Business leaders included Elon Musk of SpaceX, Wendell Weeks of Corning, Mark Sutton of International Paper, Andrew Liveris of Dow Chemical, Alex Gorsky of Johnston & Johnson and others. Trump meets with CEOs and pledges to cut taxes 'massively'
President Donald Trump on Monday told a range of business leaders that he believes his administration can cut regulations by 75 percent or "maybe more."
At the White House with 10 senior executives, he repeated his campaign pledges to roll back rules on companies, arguing that they have "gotten out of control."
"We're going to be cutting regulation massively," but the rules will be "just as protective of the people," he told reporters at the meeting that included Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk and Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank.
In the wide-ranging statement, Trump reiterated campaign promises to cut taxes for businesses, saying he is trying to get the business rate "down to anywhere from 15 to 20 percent" from the current 35 percent. He also said he wants to reward companies that manufacture in the U.S. and impose border taxes on products that American companies make abroad.
As he did on the campaign trail, Trump said that his plans to push American manufacturing and renegotiate trade deals do not mean that he wants to abandon free trade altogether. His statements came ahead of an expected executive order to start the process of revising the North American Free Trade Agreement and pulling out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
"What we want to do is bring manufacturing back to our country ... That doesn't mean we don't trade because we do trade...
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Go President Trump!
BTTT
Is this what is called, “Freedom”? I think I remember it from a long time ago, and it seemed something like this.
WINNING!
The sooner these bureaucrat infestees’ rules and regulations are stopped, the better. They are nothing but an amalgam of ideology coupled with job protection.
Put them in a line for Section 8 and SNAP.
Cue the left wing reporters showing polluted rivers, people working in sweat shops, etc. Screw them and everyone stupid enough to buy into it.
President Trump is on the right path - NOW we have hope and change!
How about 100%? Let’s win big!
President Trump hates people and the environment!!!!!!! /S
I feel a big ‘win’ coming on...
The global elites will not like this at all. Without those burdensome regulations, American industry will power up to again lead the world, the likes of which hasn’t been seen since WWII. Go, President Trump!
Kill the F-ing EPA. The EPA is responsible a Yuge number of anti-business regulations.
30 years ago, I could buy some simple fluorine containing chemicals for about $30 per pound, the same chemical now $13,000 and nearly all of it is tax.
He is doing more on day one, than the last 4 fake Presidents combined!
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