Anybody has ever done with russia. For those keeping track at home, that is the president directly contradicting his own director of National Intelligence again. Listen to what dni dan coats said only last friday. These actions are persistent, theyre pervasive, and they are meant to undermine americas democracy on a daily basis. The warning signs are there. The system is blinking and it is why i believe we are at a critical point. So how in the world is Sarah Sanders going to explain this away . Did donald trump mean to say yes instead of no . Remember, it was this time yesterday that the president attempted a laughable walkback of his News Conference in helsinki. I have president putin. He just said its not russia. I will say this. I dont see any reason why it would be. It should have been obvious. I thought it would be obvious, but i would like to clarify just in case it wasnt. In a key sentence in my remarks i said the word would instead of wouldnt. The sentence should have been, i
in fact, taxes on the top earners are far lower than they have been historically and taxes for most earners are lower than they have been historically. and this is basically the result of the bush tax cuts which went into effect in 2001 and 2003 and part of the rub here, brooke, is we ve all gotten pretty used to this. i don t think too many americans are saying, gee. i need to put money aside for when tax rates are going to go back up. a good point. we ve had ten years when americans wealthy and middle class both have basically become conditioned to these lower tax rates. this is going to be extremely difficult when we have to we ll have to raise taxes which most economists will tell you is inevitable sooner or later. we ve seen the tax cuts extended already for two years. now the president is proposing to extend them again. this isn t free, is it? no, it s not. the extensions of these tax cuts have basically been adding to the national debt for the last few years.