Tax Cuts?, Jupiter's Moon & Human Headphones - Wednesday, August 21st, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2019
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, August 21st, 2019!
Today, we're talking about President Trump's plan to possible cut taxes, his comments about a certain religion, and a mystery in Russia.
Plus: why NASA plans to go to Jupiter's moon, Facebook's newest privacy option, and a new type of wireless headphones.
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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Read more:
Trump Cutting Taxes?: The Hill, WSJ, Fox Business
Comments about Jews: WaPo, NYT, AP, The Jerusalem Post
Denmark Trip Cancelled: BBC, CNN
Russia Radiation: NYT, CNN, AP, The Guardian
Jupiter Moon Mission: Engadget, BBC
Facebook Browsing History: Cnet, Business Insider, The Verge
Apple Card Available: CNBC, TechCrunch
New Wireless Headphones: TechRadar, Cnet
Netflix Season Alerts: The Verge
PayScale's College Salary Report: CNBC, PayScale, Yahoo Finance
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, August 21st. |
| 0:02.7 | What to know today about President Trump's plan |
| 0:04.7 | to maybe cut taxes, his comments about a certain religion, |
| 0:08.4 | and a mystery in Russia. |
| 0:10.3 | Plus why NASA plans to go to Jupiter's Moon, Facebook's new privacy tool, and a new type of wireless headphones. |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:22.0 | All the day's news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:24.2 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:26.9 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:28.0 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:29.5 | You ready? |
| 0:30.4 | Let's do this. |
| 0:38.0 | President Trump is looking at ways he might be able to boost the economy, so he's thinking about cutting taxes. |
| 0:40.0 | The first one he's talking about lowering is the payroll tax, at least temporarily. |
| 0:44.8 | If that happens your paycheck might be a bit bigger. |
| 0:47.9 | That's because for many people this tax is taken out of salaries for things like Medicare |
| 0:51.7 | and Social Security. |
| 0:53.6 | The critics say those government programs need the money to stay funded. |
| 0:57.3 | The Hill reports the President is also thinking about cutting capital gains taxes, which would |
| 1:01.5 | mostly benefit the wealthy. They'd pay less money in taxes |
| 1:04.5 | when they sell stocks, bonds or other investments, but that will likely face |
| 1:08.5 | challenges from Democrats if it does happen. It's important to note nothing has been decided yet. |
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