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In a Trump administration, which is focused on economic prosperity, job creation, and sovereignty, Elon is going to have to shelve some of his progressive ideals that were rejected in this past election and embraced by the very people he could one day employ—-without tax-payer subsidies? Time will tell. Trump doesn’t seem to be the right guy. He doesn’t have the sort of character that reflects well on the United States. —Elon Musk President-elect Donald Trump has put together a strong list of appointees to serve in his new administration. Many of his appointees have been his longest and most...

WASHINGTON - A presidential panel says tax breaks that promote homeownership and encourage businesses to give workers health insurance should be changed to help more middle income families. "Clearly, under present law, the higher income folks benefit the most from those two aspects of the tax code," former Sen. Connie Mack, chairman of the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform, said Tuesday. Decisions on specific changes to recommend could be made next week as the nine-member panel wraps up its work, Mack said. The commission plans to issue a final report on Nov. 1. At the White House, presidential...

Bush Gets a 'Can Do Better' From Terror Panel Federal advisory body complains of lack of strategy guiding domestic security efforts By TIMOTHY J. BURGER/WASHINGTON Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003 President Bush's anti-terrorism policies are about to come under fire from a somewhat unlikely source: A federal advisory panel headed by a former Republican Party chairman is set to rap the President's knuckles this week when it issues a report criticizing the administration for failing to develop a comprehensive, pro-active anti-terror strategy more than two years after the 9/11 attacks. Headed by former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore, the Advisory Panel to...