The Donald Trump government initiated the largest revision of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code since the 1980s. The idea was beautiful: to stop the flight of jobs abroad, to reduce taxes for the middle class and thereby make its life better.

The key moment of the reform: reduction of corporate income tax from 35% to 21%. This plan by the U.S. Senate was approved in December 2017.

The Wall Street Journal in the summer of 2017, popularizing the Trump reform, cited before and after examples of how taxes are levied now, and what will happen after the introduction of the new Code.

Here’s one example:

Teacher Tom, receiving $50,000 and according to the current Code, pays $ 5,474 in taxes. After changes in tax legislation, his taxes will be reduced by $914 (17%) according to the White House plan and by $1140 (20%) according to the Senate plan.

The main achievement of Trump’s tax reform is the reduction of corporate income tax from 35% to 21%, but this is also criticized by some experts. It is believed that this could lead to a federal budget deficit.

And what happened in fact?

The edits to the final version of the document were made up to the last minutes before the vote and this could not end well.

For example, it turned out that by 2017 those who earn between $ 50,000 and $ 70,000 a year will be paying $ 4 billion more in taxes than they are now. While for those with incomes over a million dollars a year, taxes will fall by 5 billion.

What Trump’s Tax Reform Brought for the USA: 2 Years Later

Reducing the corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% increases the chances of the United States “pulling” business from other countries. Prior to this reform, the United States did not perform well against the background of other OECD nations.

Although the US corporate income tax rate is NOW much lower than it used to be, rates in many countries (22 OECD countries) remain even lower. The new US aggregate corporate tax rate of 25.7% remains above the OECD average of 23.8%.

Despite the increased attractiveness of the United States as a country for doing corporate business, the decrease in the corporate income tax rate is cited as one of the possible reasons for the increased US federal budget.

Another positive aspect of the reform: a reduction in the tax on the return to the country of income from companies operating abroad. It dropped from 35% to 15.5% for cash and to 8% for non-cash. It is expected that this will allow Internet companies to move money out of offshore companies and return it to the United States at a reduced tax rate.

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Donald Trump, the President of the United States, has promised that Republicans in the House of Representatives will oppose the adoption of the bill proposed by the Democrats on the police. The corresponding post was posted by the president on Twitter on Sunday.

Trump said the project, which the Democrats want to pass in the House this week, will literally destroy the police. But Republican congressmen are likely to oppose it. Also, Trump added that we must protect our police because they ensure our security.

On June 17, the Legal Committee of the US House of Representatives approved a bill proposed by Democrats aimed at large-scale police reform in response to mass protests in the country. The initiative was supported by 24 congressmen, 14 were against. Now full of The House of Representatives must vote for the document.

The main provisions of this bill will be, first of all, the ban on law enforcement agencies to use methods of stranglehold during detention, as well as the creation of a national database to track various misdemeanors of police officers. Also, the bill stipulates that in some cases it will be forbidden to issue warrants that would allow police officers to enter a house without warning.

The greatest significance of the proposed reform is to increase the responsibility of law enforcement agencies, including for disorderly and violent actions against detainees.

On June 16, Trump signed a decree on police reform. It prioritizes the allocation of federal grants for law enforcement training to encourage law enforcement to use peaceful conflict resolution practices. At the same time, the authorities will consider complaints about the use of force by the police. The innovations are designed to improve the exchange of information between government agencies, so as not to hire people to the police without a full background check.

It all came as a result of mass protests across the United States and elsewhere in the world against police violence after an African-American, George Floyd, was killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25, when police officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck.

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This is reported by The New York Times referring to a document sent to the Congress, in which the administration asked for appropriate financial resources.

According to calculations by the US authorities, this amount should be enough for Mexico to pay for aircraft and trains, which should take out of the country about 17 thousand illegal migrants.

It is expected that this step will contribute to increasing the number of deportations from Mexico to Central American citizens, many of whom plan to travel through Mexican territory to the border with the United States.

Previously, Trump said that the US authorities have already spent $ 3.5 billion on building a wall on the border with Mexico to solve the problems of illegal migration.

The Mexican authorities refused to receive $ 20 million from the United States for the deportation of migrants to their home countries. This is reported by Proceso with reference to an unnamed Mexican official.

According to the portal, this decision was taken by the current Mexican government under the pressure of the team of the elected president of the country, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

“The Mexican government did not agree to accept $ 20 million, they are in the” Merida Initiative “foundation, but they did not accept them for repatriation,” he said.

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The court in the US blocked the planned on Wednesday, August 1, the publication in the network of weapons drawings for 3D printers. This is reported by Reuters.

The district judge in Seattle, Robert Lasnick, considered that the publication of drawings could cause irreparable harm to US citizens.

The publication of these drawings is now illegal under the federal law, stressed Lasnick.

“There are 3D printers in state colleges and public places, and there is a possibility of potential irreparable harm,” he stressed.

On August 1, the Defense Distributed organization planned to publish in the network blueprints for making weapons using 3D printers. However, as defense attorney Dzhosh Blackman noted, the company began publishing drawings on Friday.

The files included drawings of the plastic version of the AR-15 semi-automatic weapon, which can be printed on a 3D printer. The traditional version of this type of weapon was repeatedly used in mass firing in the United States.

The founder of Defense Distributed, Cody Wilson, in turn believes that access to online drawings is guaranteed in accordance with the rights of the first and second amendments to the US Constitution, guaranteeing freedom of speech and the right to arms.

The judge noted that the issues concerning the first amendment should be carefully considered and the next hearing on this case scheduled for August 10.

Recall, on the eve of nine states sued the administration of the US President Donald Trump, as well as the organization Defense Distributed with the requirement to prohibit the distribution of weapons in the network for 3D-printing.

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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a law granting patients who have been diagnosed with fatal diseases, the “right to try” experimental medicines that can prolong their life.

At the signing ceremony in the White House, Trump called this measure “fundamental freedom” for people in conditions threatening their lives. It is about the right to use drugs that have demonstrated their effectiveness in pre-testing, but not approved by regulators and not put on sale.

The bill was approved last week by the Congress after heated debates. Republicans argued that the proposed measure would re-establish hope for thousands of people trying to save their lives, whereas many democrats believe that this hope will be false.

In January, Trump expressed support for the bill in an address to the Congress about the situation in the country, saying that people suffering from fatal diseases should not leave the US for other countries in search of experimental medicines.

Patients will be able to use such drugs only if they exhaust other treatment options by taking medication approved by the regulatory authorities.

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The area of ​​federal lands in California exceeds 18.5 million hectares. California Democrats fear that the tramp will allow private businesses to carry out oil prospecting or production there and want to proactively buy them out. The administration’s position boils down to the fact that federal laws take precedence over state ones and that only the Congress on the Constitution is authorized to dispose of federal lands in accordance with the interests of the state.

“California in its role,” said the head of the Justice Department Jeff Sessions. “No other state has such legislation.”

California is formally unable to block deals with federal lands, but has the right to refuse to transfer documents for ownership from one owner to another, so that the latter can not either obtain a loan secured by land or insure his plot. By law, a person registering a similar deal with the federal land without notifying the California authorities is liable to a fine of $ 5,000.

Last month, Trump administration filed a lawsuit against California for the policy of harboring illegal migrants. The President, for his part, condemned Governor Jerry Brown for pardoning the five illegal criminals who were threatened with deportation.

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