>> FOR EVERY SMALL BUSINESS
OWNER, FOR EVERYONE WHO EVER
DREAMS OF BEING THAT
ENTREPRENEUR, FOR EVERY TIME
YOU WONDERED WHY ANOTHER
BUSINESS LEFT AMERICA TO GO TO
ANOTHER COUNTRY.
THIS IS AMERICA'S COMEBACK.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING.
THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY.
LIZ: REPUBLICANS CELEBRATING
THE TAX BILL'S PASSAGE THROUGH
CONGRESS AND EMPHASIZING HOW
SMALL BUSINESSES WILL BENEFIT
IVANKA TRUMP SAID SMALL
BUSINESSES WILL SEE TAXES GO
DOWN TO THEIR LOWEST POINT
SINCE 1931.
WITH ME NOW, TWO SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS WHO SAY THE REPUBLICAN
AND CEO OF JOSEPH COOKIES, WE
LOVE COOKIES AND THE FOUNDER OF
GUY CHEMICAL.
I LOVE THE NAMES OF YOUR
SEALANTS AND ADHESIVES FOR THE
HOME.
LET ME BACK UP, GUY.
WHEN YOU WERE WATCHING THIS TAX
CUT GO THROUGH CONGRESS, WHAT
WAS YOUR REACTION, WHAT WAS
YOUR HOPE?
>> I WAS THINKING, IT'S WAY
PAST DUE.
WE'VE BEEN PAYING SOME OF THE
I'M PAYING AT THE FEDERAL,
39.6% RATE.
WHEN YOU ADD IN THE STATE AND
LOCAL TAXES ON TOP OF THAT.
PAYING NEARLY 50% FOR EVERY
LIZ: WE'RE SPLIT SCREENING,
SHOWING YOUR COMPANY AND YOUR
WORKERS.
JOE, HOW WILL THE SMALL
BUSINESS TAX CUT HELP YOUR
FAMILY OWNED COOKIE BUSINESS?
>> BESIDE IT BEING A GIANT
CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR MYSELF AND
TEAM MEMBERS, OUR FOCUS IS TO
EXPAND OUR COMPANY, AND THE
NUMBER ONE WAY WE'RE GOING TO
AND ACCELERATED DEPRECIATION,
WE'LL BE ABLE TO BUY A ROTARY
DYE IF WE PURCHASE FROM AUGUST
TO DECEMBER, AND BE ABLE TO PUT
THAT IN PLACE, AS LONG AS IT'S
IN WORKING ORDER THIS YEAR,
WHICH WE HAD THE PURCHASE ORDER
LINED UP READY TO GO, START
PRODUCING SPECIAL COOKIES AND
INCREASING OUR SALES.
INCREASING PAYROLL TO TEAM
MEMBERS.
LIZ: JOE, WHAT WAS ALL-IN TAX
RATE, WERE YOU IN 50% STATE AND
LIZ: AND GUY, YOU WERE AT 50%.
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE AT
MSNBC OR CNN SAYING, YOU KNOW
WHAT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO
YOUR BUSINESS, NOT GOING TO
EXPAND, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
HIRE MORE WORKERS IF TAX CUTS
LOST MONEY FOR 2 1/2 YEARS, I
STARTED IT BECAUSE THE SURVIVAL
OF MY BUSINESS AND PAYING MY
EMPLOYEES WERE ALWAYS MORE
IMPORTANT THAN HOW MUCH I WAS
MAKING AT THE TIME.
I MORTGAGED MY HOUSE SEVEN
TIMES OVER THE YEARS TO HELP
PAY FOR FINANCING OF THE HOUSE
-- I'M SORRY, FINANCING OF THE
BUSINESS, AND I AM RURAL
PENNSYLVANIA.
LIZ: WOW.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
LIZ: WHAT A STORY.
WHAT ABOUT YOU, JOE?
YOU HEARD WHAT GUY SAID, PEOPLE
AT MSNBC SAY YOU'RE IN THE
GOING TO GROW, YOU'RE NOT GOING
TO EXPAND WHEN TAX CUTS COME
YOUR WAY, WHAT DO YOU SAY?
>> I SAY CREATE A SMALL
BUSINESS, WHEN YOU SEE AT THE
END OF EACH YEAR OR THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR, 50 CENTS OUT OF EVERY
DOLLAR.
TWO BUCKET, ONE IS INCOME
BUCKET, THE OTHER IS THE MONEY
YOU PUT ASIDE TO PAY THE IRS.
IF YOU TELL THEM, WHEN ARE YOU
GOING TO DO WITH THE FUNDS?
HALF OF THE MONEY IN THE BUCKET
TAKE IT OUT OF THE ECONOMY AND
WAIT UNTIL TAXES ARE DUE TO PAY
A TAX BILL.
SOMEBODY THAT LIVES IN
BUSINESS THAT TAKES NO RISK
NETWORK OF 29 MILLION SMALL
BUSINESSES ACROSS AMERICA.
WE TAKE THAT STRESS HOME WITH
THEM SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
I IMPLORE THEM, FOLLOW US
AROUND AS A SMALL BUSINESS
OWNER AND YOU WILL SEE THE
BUCKET THAT'S FILLING UP IS THE
BUCKET THAT GOES TO D.C.
NO MORE.
THANKS TO DONALD TRUMP AND THE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR PUSHING
THIS THROUGH AND GIVING
MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICANS A TAX
CUT.
THANK YOU.
LIZ: GUY AND JOSEPH.
WE LOVE YOU GUYS.
YOU'RE NOT MIDDLE AMERICA,