The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 3: 5:00pm- On Thursday, Donald Trump rang the opening bell for the New York Stock Exchange. While speaking with investor Jim Cramer, Trump said he wants to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% for companies that manufacture in America. A recent piece featured in the Wall Street Journal, examines how beneficial a 15% corporate tax rate has been for Ireland—resulting in a massive amount of new tax revenue. 5:10pm- On Thursday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams met with the incoming Trump Administration’s Border Czar Tom Homan. 5:15pm- Biden Border Failures: Recent Immigration Surge Has Been Largest in U.S. History. David Leonhardt of The New York Times reports: “The immigration surge of the past few years has been the largest in U.S. history, surpassing the great immigration boom of the late 1800s and early 1900s, according to a New York Times analysis of government data. Annual net migration—the number of people coming to the country minus the number leaving—averaged 2.4 million people from 2021 to 2023, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Total net migration during the Biden administration is likely to exceed eight million people. That’s a faster pace of arrivals than during any other period on record, including the peak years of Ellis Island traffic, when millions of Europeans came to the United States. Even after taking into account today’s larger U.S. population, the recent surge is the most rapid since at least 1850.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/briefing/us-immigration-surge.html 5:40pm- While speaking with the press on Capitol Hill, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) seemingly justified violence against healthcare leaders. The New York Times reports: “The fatal shooting last week of an executive on the streets of New York City plunged his family members and colleagues into grief. For rank-and-file employees across the health insurance industry, the killing has left them with an additional emotion: fear, with many frightened for their own safety and feeling under attack for their work.” You can read the full article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/us/health-insurance-uhc-ceo-shooting.html 5:50pm- Rich points out that if drones were flying over Texas or Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis or Governor Greg Abbott would have undoubtedly shot one down by now and confirmed their origins.