are in the country. we ve seen the lines get really long at times, and then a little bit shorter. and that s because more and more people are traveling overall. on friday, tsa announcing that they screened more than 2.49 million people. that s the highest number that the tsa has seen since february of 2020.are-pre-pandemic number. the tsa spokesperson tweeting saying we are back to pre-pandemic check point volumes. it is incredible, and actually, really nice to see a lot of people out and about traveling more and more, and it also causes problems, and it also causes delays and cancellations, but a lot of people trying to stay positive. i talked to one passenger who said that he travels for work, was delayed, but really trying to keep a good attitude about all of this. take a listen. i would say most of all, just
28,000 georgians skipped the presidential race and yet they voted down ballot in other races and the republican congressman ended up getting 33,000 more votes than president trump, and that s why president trump came up short. facts. that s actually a very interesting political points that came in an otherwise discussion of lawbreaking and coups. the top elections official in georgia noted republicans specifically abandoned trump. republicans in other races won over 2.49 million votes, but trump came in there much shorter 2.46 which made all the difference meaning even republicans turned on him in that traditionally often red state. trump has claimed that it s, quote, inconceivable that biden did better than obama in the election and he views it as impossible and if you have a republican friend who likes trump and hasn t followed the news you can see how they would potentially have that logic, but
democrat voters in general, especially independents have this tick. let me put this chart up. it an actual fact if you measure who helps the economy more. democratic presidents far out strip republicans. herbert walker bush under his administration 2.36 million jobs, under clinton 22.9, w bush 1.36 million over his two terms and obama 11.56. trump as you heard david k johnson said, he cost this country 2.49 million and biden at 5.58. gdp growth, same story. it flip-flops and goes back and forth and when a democrat comes into power, they clean up the mess on the previous president and don t get credit for it. down why democrats don t get credit for the facts they re better on the economy?
estates that are worth more than $5.49 million. if you have $5.5 million, you ain t the middle class. the wealthy benefit. the top tax rate is reduced to 35%. this is an amount you only pay on your highest part of your income. so the bottom line is that definitely helps the rich. in addition, business owners who report their business income on their individual returns, think about it as pass throughs as most do, would see their top tax rate go down from 39.6% to 25 %. let s say a an employee but i m a contractor, i can write off my extensions, i pay 25%. here s another one that benefits the president. the alternative minimum tax largely has an impact on people earning between 2 00,000 and a million. there are exceptions and the alternative minimum tax should be fixed but to suggest this
the claim is that. the facts are that they are proposing to eliminate the estate tax. let me tell you for people who say the estate tax is for middle income people, you don t pay the estate tax on anything that is below $5.49 million this year. it doesn t matter how you define middle class, nobody with $5.49 million falls into the middle class. the estate tax is for the rip and super rich. by the way, that s what it is. president trump says i think there s very little benefit for people of wealth. reducing the top tax rate from 39.6% to 35%, while there are some people who earn about $200,000 who will fall into the 39.6%, mostly this is for the top 5% of earners and the top 1%. so anybody who tells you the rich are not getting a tax cut, they re absolutely 100% getting a tax cut. before you go on, the fact that president trump continues to say it won t help him. he has pledged that he is a