The EU was a major arms supplier to Russia prior to the latest invasion of Ukraine by Russia and their miserly assistance to Ukraine so far suggests they expect to profitably rearm Russia again after this is all over with, no matter who wins.
official. phil, let s talk about biden. he was very clear, he demanded action on voting rights. said that we need to tweak, not scrap the filibuster many people said that we need a plan. that s doesn t sound like a plan. this was a long time coming for voting rights. civil rights activists in this country wanted to see the president speak with that sort of forceful authority. and righteous anger that he showed and atlanta today. he s clearly prioritizing voting rights now. but for some democrats, there is a feeling that it is a little bit too late here. also a question of what that plan really is the math doesn t add up to get to the 50 votes that are necessary, to change rules and passed the voting rights legislation. as you heard from senator schumer, democrats are going to move forward.
to make sure the republicans don t become too much of the focus. he s very smart in that way. democrats have to find ways, i think, both nationally but in these district and states to turn this into a referendum, but it s going to take all that. you re not just going to win this on turn even with the republicans, the math doesn t work in a swing district or swing state. just to underscore the volatility point, i m glad you brought this up, it s obvious we have swing voters. we have 11 elections since 2000 and only in two of them has there been no change in either the white house, house or senate. in nine of the 11 there s been at least one party flipped. so this idea that we don t have swing voters is obviously not true. sara fagen, is the entire republican party s ability between a gray year, good year, good year and mediocre year all come down to how the primaries play out in places like north carolina, ohio, pennsylvania? when you look at those three it s like, boy, it really de
it s too late and also a question what the plan is, without the support of senators manchin and sinema in the senate, the math doesn t add up to get to 50 votes necessary to change the rules and pass the legislation. as you heard from senator schumer, democrats are going to move forward later to try to bring this to the floor and take action. what you saw in atlanta was biden and vice president harris putting it all on the line and really showing that their presidency and administration is behind this push right now. alexie, some progressives, voting and civil rights groups skipped the speech today, president of the naacp said quote, it s thrilling speech but time to match words with action and for congress to do their jobs. was skipping today a warning to biden? we don t show up for your on your speech or for you or
corporations? you know, i think that s probably one of the final details. most of us think a 25% corporate tax rate is fine. again, when you only have one senator that can bring the whole thing down and senator sinema has said she won t raise the corporate tax rate, i think we ve got to go looking for other revenue. the president wants this paid for. i think all of us want to make sure this is all paid for and doesn t raise the deaf sit. so i think that s one of the final details. so where are you going to find that other revenue? do you put it on high earners? is some of this going to be fuzzy math? it wouldn t be the first time a spending bill was passed in washington by democrats or republicans where the math doesn t really add up. well, there is congressional math. i do think you could see a tax on billionaires. i think you could see a minimum corporate tax rate for those corporations that are paying effectively zero taxes. i think there are some options