Harris idf is readying forces and stockpiling supplies near the gaza strip and as a fullon ground invasion, we are told is imminent israel says 300,000 reservists have been called to fight and are nearing the border with gaza setting up what will be historic theater of Urban Warfare. Israel set up an emergency wartime government and the electricity has officially run out for gaza. Hamas terrorists against the idf. Also continuing to exchange artillery strike, Israeli Citizens in Ashkelon Zeeming as missiles were hitting early this morning. Ing as missiles were hitting early this morning. Sing as missiles were hitting early this morning. Cring as missiles were hitting early this morning. Eing as missiles were hitting early this morning. Aing as missiles were hitting early this morning. Ming as missiles were hitting early this morning. Harris you can see the black smoke billowing from the ground after this strike and fitting the skyline after near constant stream of strikes on hamas targ
conversation a member of the house intelligence committee, democratic congressman shaean patrick maloney. good to have you with us. it s amazing how the process of perjury refreshes one s recollection. on one hand this sort of just confirms everything we ve heard from a series of other witnesses. on the other hand as joe and david point out, this is someone who was a political appointee who gave a bunch of money to the president s political campaign who effectively has flipped here. what s the significance of this testimony? apparently a million dollars was enough for this ambassadorship, he didn t want to also pull a perjury charge. that price apparently is too high. look, once the testimony of all these other highly credible witnesses pointed in one direction ambassador sondland has now aligned himself with that really now undisputed version of what happened. this is the individual, by the way, who delivered in person to the key aide to the ukrainian
corporations and rich people? angry. they hate obama. they hate obama. as david point out, a lot of them are not ideological. some of them are businessmen who want tax breaks. or regulations repealed or regulations that have been repealed reinstated. he was brilliant. he said all these groups have to do anybody watching can understand this, they simply go to a local congressman, a woman, who may be moderately popular. say if you don t vote for a creepy deal for corporations, that gives them tax break on debt, that nobody in your district has heard of, if you don t vote on it, we re going to blow you away. the congressman says people won t pay attention, i guess i ll do it. they don even have to say it. these ads can happen at a moment s notice, to the weak left, when the candidate himself or herself doesn t have the ability to put an ad together to get it up, they could come in and buy all the tv time in your
inequality or mitigates. gary johnson is an advocate of what he calls the fair tax, 23% flat tax on consumption. david cay johnston is on the line as well. the point we make on the progressive side about consumption taxes, they are regressive in the way you re suggesting. one thing that david point out, too, this will make american exports much more competitive. arguably, the fair tax is cost neutral. in other words, the coca-cola that sells for a dollar today has embedded tax that isn t evident to the tune of about 23%. you take that away, you implement the fair tax, arguably, the coke doesn t sell for $1 anymore, it will sell for 80 cents and be subject to a 23% tax. it s not regressive, i m going to argue, from the standpoint, it offers everybody in the country a prebate check. we all get $200 a month, which