Despite President Trump’s tit-for-tat trade barbs, America’s CEOs are not wasting anytime in taking advantage of his tax reform plan. Over $300 billion was repatriated to the U.S. in the first quarter, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) — the most on record.
“U.S. firms that used to build their factories overseas in order to avoid U.S. taxes, they stopped in their tracks because of the tax bill, they are bringing all the money home,” said Kevin Hassett, chair of the president’s Council of Economic Advisers, during an interview on FOX Business’ Varney & Co. in June.
The BEA notes the main driver of the repatriation surge is that companies are no longer taxed on foreign earnings when returning the funds to the U.S. “We fixed that really, really stupid thing” said Hassett. By comparison just $38 billion was repatriated during the same period a year ago.
Blogline of the Day – but REAL (Spanish) socialists can.
When a Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party government is tougher on uncontrolled mass immigration than our own Democratic Party, you know that the Dems have painted themselves into a corner. No wonder the U.S. media are ignoring this story. Remember, when a number of top level Democrats couldn’t tell anyone what the difference was between them and Socialists, the … Read more
