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The talk of tax reform in our nation’s capital is commonplace. Unfortunately, there is just not much substance to back up the rhetoric. Tax reform is a bipartisan issue, but the United States tax code has not been overhauled since 1986.
Up until last week our state experienced a drought so severe that water levels were reduced to historic lows while conservation efforts were set to all-time highs. Lakes and reservoirs were bone dry. Wildfires were a constant threat.
Just when we thought it couldn't get any worse, we were delivered what we so desperately needed but far too much in far too short of time.
In 1939 a man started a car dealership to realize the American dream. When he died the ownership of the business was passed along to his son and so was a death tax liability equal to a significant value of the business’ worth.
The son nearly declared bankruptcy.
Earlier this month U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew spoke in front of a group of CEOs in Manhattan and compared the U.S. economy to a "well-oiled machine.”
One week later he testified before the House Committee on Financial Services, on which I serve, and I told him his statement bothered me.
A vote for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2015 was a vote for President Barack Obama’s plan to protect five million undocumented immigrants from deportation.
We are a nation of immigrants. From Albert Einstein to Henry Kissinger to Fox News’ Rupert Murdoch, many foreign born Americans have significantly influenced science and the arts in this great country, there is no denying that.