no real immigration reform for years
sort of like the tax cuts but in reverse. The business cuts go on forever but the individual ones phase out .
Same pattern . His policies geared more for the business crowd who are advising (Mnuchin et all) him rather the n those who voted for him.
Just my take ........
On the tax cuts point, the corporate cuts had to be permanent or they wouldn't achieve any of the intended effect. They would otherwise fail and just run up the deficit. The personal cuts are temporary because of arcane Senate rules. They become permanent whenever the House, Senate and President do that but it would take a rule change or 60 votes in the Senate to do it. We shouldn't make a drop of 39.6% to 37% with eliminated deductions permanent. We should make a cap of about 25% permanent.
As reported, the immigration offer is terrible, but I highly doubt that is the final deal. Schumer offered wall money and took it away. Trump previously and made some offer sounds that he took back. He is a game player, wrote a book about it, brags about it, makes all kinds of head fakes to get what he wants. He can say anything (because he is Donald Trump) and because it still has to go through a Republican House, get 60 votes in the Senate, or wait for another election.
In my opinion, more important than this report is the question of what deal he really should take. Instead of a 10 year loophole against us, how about turning the trick the other way. How about if 'dreamers' get legalization and a 'path' only if they meet the mighty description that Democrats have made of them. They serve in the military, they are firefighters, entrepreneurs, etc. living the American dream, then so be it. If they are sponges on our system, let's give them a different path. If we are legalizing some, let's stop the illegal voting of the others and give some a path home. This should be a great opportunity to clean up the mess and take the issue off the table.
Breitbart story aside, the politics of this might have flipped. Trump has dangled a carrot. Dreamers have heard the offer of legalization and citizenship. They like that and will not be forgiving of Schumer and the gang if they don't take all of Trump's demands to get it, secure the border, end chain migration, convert to point system like Canada, and so on.
A recent poll says Americans want the level of LEGAL immigration cut in half. I doubt if that goes unnoticed by Trump. Half the legal immigration and near zero illegal immigration would be a good deal for the country right now. As much as I like the new ISIS and al Qaida settlements in Minnesota, enough is enough.
