policy set of nostrums to share beginning in the tax area today. did they add up? do you really expect them to? do you believe his solution regarding the 11 million people here illegally does? do you believe his claims regarding the president do? this is a question that any candidate for president, sure, they can promise, they can promise anything. but do their promises compute? does their pitch pass the smell test? we americans are pretty good at this. when we buy a car we ask about the terms, we ask the monthly cost, the total when all the payments are added up. we don t just go for the car. we want to know what the cost is. and if we ve done business with this dealer before, this car dealer, we remember precisely what we got for our money. if anyone believes donald trump on president obama s birth, place of birth, if they believe that, if they believe that trump s talk of building a wall is real across the rio grande, that no human being can get over that wall, and have the mexican
speaker boehner and leader mcconnell, that they are serious about wanting to get some things done. the tax area is one area where we can get things done. and i think in the coming weeks leading up to the state of the union, there will be some conversations at the staff levels about what principles each side are looking at. i can tell you broadly what i would like to see. i would like to see more simplicity in the system. i would like to see more fairness in the system. with respect to the corporate tax reform issue, we know that there are companies that are paying the full freight, 35%, higher than just about any other company on earth if you are paying 35%. and then there are other companies that are paying zero because they ve got better accounts or lawyers. that s not fair. there are companies parking money outside the country
i think an all democratic congress would have provided an even better chance of tax reform. i think talking to speaker boehner and leader mcconnell, they are serious about wanting to get some things done wrrn. the tax area is one area where we can get things done. i can tell you broadly what i would like to see. i would like to see more simplicity in the system. i would like to see more fairness in the system. with respect to the corporate tax reform issue, we know that there are companies that are paying the full freight, and there are other companies paying zero because they have better accountants or lawyers. that s not fair.
talking to speaker boehner and leader mcconnell that they are serious about wanting to get some things done. the tax area is one area where we can get things done. and i think in the coming weeks leading up to the state of the union, there will be some conversations that the staff levels about what principles each side are looking at companies with paying full freight about 35% higher than any other company f you re paying 35%. and other companies are paying zero because they have better accountants or lawyers. that s not fair. there are companies parking
[ talking over each other ] what, juan? sean lives in a high tax area. you have to understand sean hannity, he s upset about the taxes he pays. so does every american. i live in maryland, juan. you don t have taxes as high as new york, governor, come on? give me the number government has no right to take anymore. i would say 50%. 50 cents out of every dollar. i m way over that. i would say marginal. i would say marginal tax rate, adding everything together, around 33 makes sense. once you get to 50, it s by definition, immoral. then you get beaten over the head for not wanting to pay your fair share even though you re paying it. then you die and the government comes in and takes another big chunk of the apple. if that s not immoral and