What will a GOP-ruled Congress do with Trump’s magnum opus?
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🗓️ 5 December 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Many provisions of the Trump administration’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act are set to expire next year. That means the incoming Republican-controlled House and Senate will have the privilege of agonizing over which parts to renew and how to pay for them. Plus: Community colleges push up graduation rates, the advantages of owning your own small-business space, and are holiday shoppers buying the sale hype along with the goods?
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| 1:05.6 | I mean, the calendar is kind of a construct, right? Especially at this time of year? |
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| 1:29.9 | It is the 4th of December today. |
| 1:32.1 | It is always to have you along, everybody. |
| 1:38.5 | It is technically Wednesday, but some degree of day of the week confusion will be forgiven. |
| 1:46.5 | Seeing as how there are still Cyber Monday branded sales floating around out there, two days on. And I'm pretty sure I saw a Black Friday ad yesterday. I don't know about you, but this onslaught of deals, deals, |
| 1:51.9 | and more deals, I personally find kind of tiring. But what does that matter for retailers, |
| 1:58.1 | I suppose, as long as it gets us to keep on spending. |
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