do you think they ll adhere to that message? i think that is one of the great questions of this negotiation. you do have a lot of republicans and we wrote about this before the midterms, a lot of republicans in the house do want to make at least incremental changes to social security and medicare like raising retirement ages in order to reduce cost growth of those programs going forward. president biden loves that fight. he has vowed not to cut social security or medicare, and he s drawing a line in the sand on that. whether republicans in the house back down from that as former president trump is calling for would probably be good politics, but on an economic side, i think you have members there who are really dug in on this thought that they need to bend the curve of the u.s. debt path and that you have to touch those programs if you want to do it. that could be very dangerous electorally considering where some of those members stand. jim tankersly, thank you very much for the ti
The floor of the Bank of Oklahoma Center in Tulsa was awash in red, white, and blue. Eager supporters of President Donald Trump were holding signs, wearing “Make America Great Again” hats, and sporting T-shirts with expressions ranging from “Guns, God, and Trump” to “Make Liberals Cry Again.”
everyone paying their fair share, it s a popular talking point. the president talked many times about the fact he doesn t want to raise taxes and he won t on people making less than $400,000 a year. even the new york times pouring through the budget proposal says that s not actually true. jim tankersly writes that the documents forecast mr. biden and congress will allow tax cuts signed into law by donald trump in 2017 to expire as scheduled in 2025. so doesn t that practically actually translate into a real world tax hike for people? well, that s a forecast and a set of assumptions about something that is years away and a we ll see what the policy choices are at that time. but right now, in this moment, we have a decision to make. what are we going to do with tax rates right now? and the president is saying let s not charge middle class americans more, middle class americans are paying enough right now in the president s view. let s make sure that corporations and the wealthy are
everyone paying their fair share, it s a popular talking point. the president talked many times about the fact he doesn t want to raise taxes and he won t on people making less than $400,000 a year. even the new york times pouring through the budget proposal says that s not actually true. jim tankersly writes that the documents forecast mr. biden and congress will allow tax cuts signed into law by donald trump in 2017 to expire as scheduled in 2025. so doesn t that practically actually translate into a real world tax hike for people? well, that s a forecast and a set of assumptions about something that is years away and a we ll see what the policy choices are at that time. but right now, in this moment, we have a decision to make. what are we going to do with tax rates right now? and the president is saying let s not charge middle class americans more, middle class americans are paying enough right now in the president s view. let s make sure that corporations and the wealthy are