Kevin Hassett and Karoline Leavitt break down Trump's proposed bill. It exempts overtime from extra taxes, expands the standard deduction, exempts interest on American-made auto loans, creates 401-style accounts for newborns, and lets businesses immediately write off capital purchases.
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Legislators on Capitol Hill are currently working to advance President Trump's one big beautiful bill. With a bill this big and this beautiful, we brought in Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council and proud owner of three pocket calculators, to explain what it means for the iu, the American people. And don't worry, we brought in Caroline Levitt to Translate.
Well, about 80 million workers in the US are hourly workers who can make overtime if they work more than 40 hours or sometimes in collective bargaining agreements. It could be overtime could start at 35 or earlier. And it's President Trump's view that when people have that extra income that they shouldn't face an extra tax liability.
That means no tax on overtime.
It's a little known fact that the highest marginal tax rate faced by almost anybody in America is a retired person who when they get their government funded retirement payment, then they pay a big tax. And the bottom line is that we're going to fix that by creating an.
Expanded standard deduction, slashing taxes on Social Security.
It's little appreciated by non economists that in 1986 we took away the ability for people who are itemizers to itemize interest on their auto loans. The big beautiful bill is repairing that policy error.
That means no tax on interest for American made vehicle purchases.
The bill also introduces a universal 401 for individuals that are new to the economy.
In other words, it's a Trump savings account for newborn babies.
Historically, businesses that buy a new factory have to depreciate it over 39 years. That means, for example, if you have a million dollar building, you get a $25,641 deduction each year. But what President Trump wants to do is allow people to get the whole deduction in the first year.
Sounds to me like there's never been a better time to build a factory in America.
