in 2008. that s great. thank you so much. up next, we will bring in richard hoff. also, joe, you will love this. a pastor steals the show before nascar s race, with a prayer that would have made ricky bobby proud. lord, i want to thank you for my smokin hot wife tonight, lisa, and in jesus name
that s exactly right, joe. we have not talked about raising rates at all. as you know, i am on the biden committee, or one of the biden i guess i am still on it, i guess we still exist, but the fact of the matter is we talked about what we need to do to close loopholes. we never talked one moment about raising rates on anybody. and if you look at the subsidies, the oil and gas subsidies and the loopholes being used by the wealthiest, and many other businesses, look at the loopholes that have been used while jobs are being created overseas, the tax credits, we need to close the loopholes and get rid of some of the subsidies and get rid of these tax credits. and we ought to say to the wealthy, look, please, make as much money as you possibly can, and let s just pay a fair rate on all that money you make.
actually paid 30% in income taxes, but along the way through tax cuts under clinton and bush, it went to 18. so jim clyburn, the wealthiest americans are paying 18% taxes, and as i say, and i said in last week s politico piece, warren buffett s secretary pays a higher tax rate than warren buffett. and we will get jim back in the conversation here, and ask him, yeah, talk about raising rates all you want, but doesn t this come down to us closing loopholes and figuring out a way to make sure the wealthiest americans don t pay 90%, but at least pay 30%? that s exactly right, joe. we have not talked about raising
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information in. that means that the players vote will happen later today in more of a formal setting. training camp could start as early as wednesday now, we ve been told. david mattingly has been following this for us. he has been live out of atlanta every day, at least he was last week when those negotiations were taking place. david, did you just get word that something came forward just moments ago? reporter: reading and finding out now is that the nfl players and the owners did come to an agreement in the wee hours of the morning. and, bottom line, they re going to play some football. exactly what the owners were asking for last week when they came out of their meeting and had a 31-0 vote in favor of this agreement. and players still have to vote on this. it s largely looked at as a formality, that it is going to go through. and the fans will only miss, so far, one game this season. the first game of the preseason, which was going to be in canton, ohio, the hall of fam