handsomely off the president s tax cut. rates have been slashed. earnings are over the top. a lot of the people are saying well have them pay the bill. yeah, look. i think good points about how inefficient the area has been. the government with dealing with the homeless problem. they have a fairly large budget per homeless person. several hundred. that said, there is another story. it s not going to spread for two reasons. one is in most, first of all, in most rich areas, where the tech companies are in new york, california, they have very progressive taxation. they will tax wealthier people new york city: washington hats most aggressive tax system. they are grasping at straws. they tried to do income tax for people like jeff bezos. they couldn t. it s not constitutional to have income tax. so they have very high sales taxes. this is another effort to generate tax revenue to keep the government running that is essentially more that is not as regressive as their very high sales tax. a
neil: all right. i think, also just saying don t overreach here. not saying there are plenty of legitimate problems the democrats can cite and solutions of their own, but he is calling into question, i think, not here but the wisdom of besplirching a tax cut benefiting a lot of americans, just wondering where democrats then draw the line or how they send their message forward. yeah, look. i have, you know, the utmost respect for mayor brown. is he one of the stall wart leaders of our parties. but, at the same time, i respectfully disagree with him on this issue. democrats who have flipped seat, all hav you have to do ask look the phil murphy in new jersey, raffle north ham in virginia. democrats flipped seats run a proactive positive message of healthcare reform and the economy. so,. neil: those two ran on very liberal messages there. so if that s the case. they flipped the seats and they run. neil: you are right. they were positive.