But even Trump backers in North Dakota want to see more detail about what he’s got planned when it comes to taxes beyond the limited aims sketched out so far. But both he and his party also have made big promises of lower tax rates to corporate America and top earners. Days after becoming president, Trump pushed for approval of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline that began moving North Dakota oil through South Dakota and Iowa to Illinois on June 1. In North Dakota, where the economy has cooled in recent years as the oil boom ebbed and crop prices fell, voters said they would welcome lower taxes. “There will be a lot of whining with whatever happens.”——Associated Press writer Dave Kolpack contributed from Fargo, North Dakota.

Source: National Post September 04, 2017 17:03 UTC