again, because they can peel off theoretically, individual republican senators, but espy as a tough road in mississippi. think about how close the alabama special election was even with all the drama and the controversy surrounding roy moore. mississippi is a similarly heavy lift for democrats. garrett haake on the hill. good to have you. thank you. thanks, craig. kansas s grover is calling on one of his state s county officials to resign following racially charged comments. when addressing a black woman, a commissioner who is white described himself as part of the master race when asked later, he implied his comments were made as a joke. the as kansas governor is calli for his resignation. he caused controversy in the past for calling general e lee
20%. with canada at 15%. then you add the 5% average state corporate income tax. and we re really not at 35%, we re at 40%. so we have an uncompetitive business tax. and then people complain to the business community, how come you re not doing better and hiring more people. after they shoot you in the foot. so step one, taking that rate down to 15%. add 5% for state taxes, you re at 20%. you re at least competitive. we re not really ahead. but we re competitive. so it s a good gets rid of the alternative minimum tax, which nixon and kennedy thought up in a fit of stupidity. and then we have gets rid of the death tax as well. it does a lot of things that will help economic growth. so, david, tax cuts for everyone always sounds like a great idea. you said this week you literally laughed out loud when you read it. what was so funny about the trump tax plan? el with, the tax foundation, a group that s with grover generally on taxes said over the first ten years they estimate
communities by bad policies that put 12 million people out of work, compared to what happened when regulagan took a different viewpoint. reagan reduced them and created jobs and opportunities. w big difference between the reagan recovery and the obama recovery. reagan did it by crushing inflation which is not a problem obama had. and balancing the soviet union. is a lot more difficult, period, that he had, than obama ef picked up on. twice the growth, 4%, not 2%. david, this is grover, right? first of all, reagan had a cooperative congress. we have republicans who, the very night of the inauguration got together and said, we re going to make sure this man fails as a republican. reagan imposed they called them revenue enhancers that
answer on are we going to raise taxes, because i don t think you re going to find a lot of people running, including the democrats, advocating and beating the drum for a more tax burden on the american public. grover, obviously since 1985, you have advocated for tax cuts, and it seems, whether we re in good times or bad time, the solution is always cutting taxes. what about this issue of the constitution and looking out for the general welfare? do you think there s ever any condition under which we should raise taxes to stop growing economic inequality? well, right now, we don t need to raise tax because the government, federal state and local, take about a third of the income of the american people. that s too high. we need to spend more wisewisel. and reduce the total cost of government. taking money from fred and giving it to mary doesn t have to do the general welfare. it has to do with mary s interest at the expense of
when you re mentioned by name, we have to give you a chance to respond. you heard senator mccaskill. but how about the headlines this week? you have been front and center in the debate. here are some of the headlines. the new york times really stands out. is grover finally over? and then, this is really about the pledge that you introduced that is a pledge between these office holding republicans and the people who have elected them. it s not a pledge to you, as you often point out. the bottom line is, are you over? is this tax fight over? well, actually, that was last week s news. the president and mr. geithner have really changed the direction here. because there were a few people, including the senator you just had on, who were seduced into thinking, well, maybe i ll have a small, tiny tax increase and have real reform and move forward. you re talking about corker? and there were others who said and, look, corker wants tiny tax increases and very serious reforms. but you r