calm down is all it is. it doesn t hurt. i speak from experience. it just makes us think it hurts. yeah. sean: i like the middle class tax cuts, if necessary. the corporate tax cuts will make us so competitive. reoperatrepatriatation. the steps the president has taken on energy independence will create millions of career high paying jobs. i worry about one thing with the republican party. help me out. that is it seems reagan has dropped the top marginal rates from 28 t long irs period of peace time growth period in history. what i worry about is out of fear of the class warfare rhetoric of the democrats that s why we re not cutting taxes across the board. in other words, top 20% pay 90-some odd percent of the tax bill.
i speak from experience. it just makes us think it hurts. yeah. sean: i like the middle class tax cuts, if necessary. the corporate tax cuts will make us so competitive. repatriatation. there may be as much as $4 trillion that comes flowing back in short order teasing and united states. the steps the president has taken on energy independence will create millions of career high paying jobs. i worry about one thing with the republican party. help me out. that is, it seems reagan has dropped the top marginal rates from 7228% during his presidents. longest period of peace time growth period in history. what i worry about is out of fear of the class warfare rhetoric of the democrats that s why we re not cutting taxes across the board. in other words, top 20% pay 90-some odd percent of the tax bill. income tax bill. seems cutting their taxes
overseas. as ron johnson cited, it is a complete giveaway tilted towards corporations over small business. not just a jobs killer but a small business killer. jon: i suspect you see it differently. let s get your reaction. absolutely. i think it s an historic opportunity to affect the middle class tax burden and the economic growth that has been languishing under the obama policies. some of the key features are the repeal of the affordable care act tax which is a killer. over 80% of that tax burden falls on americans under $50,000. lifting that hated tax is one important thing. i understand senator johnson s concerns about the pass-through tax relief issues. that has been addressed in the most recent mark of this bill. small business owners like myself will see significant tax relief and finally i think the class warfare rhetoric is something that americans are tired of hearing.
these are failed policies because they have been played out by president obama. why must we continue to pick winners and losers and continue to engage in this class warfare rhetoric. it s not helping the economy. not good for the economy. and we don t need this from republican candidates. we need free market principles that are pro growth. and adriana, that traditionally is what conservative republicans stand for, allowing businesses to create jobs, allowing businesses to help drive the economy. not having the government say, you win, you lose. well, you know, the government right now, they re picking winners and losers in the tax code. they re letting wall street by the winners here and paying 20% on capital gain when america at the top income tax is 39.6%. so they re already making it an unlevel playing field. and i believe that government bad government policies like obamacare are the number one job
managers and donald trump is specifically targeting them. look, everyone should get onboard with helping the middle class. they are suffering. they re being squeezed. and if a limiting loophole we don t have the details how to help the middle class. just know he thinks the tax code is ridiculous. who disagrees with that. right, lisa? these are the same this is the same kind of class warfare rhetoric that we have seen from president obama. we have seen how the policies play out. we have seen how high are taxes and regular plays out in the economy. we have the lowest participation rate. the middle class are making less now than they did before president obama took office. food stamps have increased: poverty rate is soaring right now. so those polls aren t helping the middle class. why do we have to continue picking winners and losers in the economy? why not have policies that are