a pretty good economy right now? basically, dana, one thing i disagree with, republicans saying we need tax reform. we actually don t need tax reform. they think it s 1986 and we ve had sick years of a vibrant economy and now we can change the whole tax code. i just want to see tax cuts. the reason donald trump is president, the number one reason donald trump is president is because too many working americans across this country believe their economic prospect dimmed during the o pwa pha years. if the economy was so strong and all they can point to is that unemployment number. if the economy was so strong, hillary clinton would be president. fact is, she s not, thank god. dana: you are two of my favorite political panelists so i hope you ll be back. any time. thanks, dana. dana: thanks, guys. white house press briefing about to start any moment now. we ll bring that to you live. the unpredictability of a flare may weigh on your mind.
community with, can we participate in ride alongs and try to make sure we understand what s going on in different communities across the nation. the problems in one market are different than the problems in another market. and so that involves the clubs and the players getting together making sure we truly understand what s going on in those markets. that s where we see a real impact. colin mcshane with the fox business network. i do want to ask you a business related question. one of the things we ve seen in the polling, gallop had numbers that show the popularity of pro football starting to come down. it shows there s a big political divide. republicans identifying as pro football fans 50% only democrats only 3%. does it directly speak to the anthem protest? what s your reaction to those numbers and what if any steps can be taken to reverse that trend? well, we believe doing the right thing is what you ultimately have to do.
pockets of hardworking men and women and closes special interest loopholes while sprefrbing core middle class incentives. reporter: top democrats are already predicting that republicans will struggle with addressing the tax code. my prediction just what happened with healthcare is gonna happen with their tax bill. the american people learned over a period of months, in part through efforts and people standing here how bad this bill was and they turned against it. then the republicans couldn t pass it. same thing is gonna happen here. reporter: to recap, sounds like republican leaders feel they have the votes for the budget blue print sometime tomorrow. already the fight is shifting to tax reform. dana dana: thank you very much. i had martha mccallum stay with us because there s all this breaking news. now you re held hostage in the studio. it s impornt for the republicans.
the president saying that he appreciates the fact that republicans and democrats came together over all of this. still skeptical of what the bill does. listen here. if something can happen, that s fine. i won t do anything to enrich the insurance companies, cause right now the insurance companies are being enriched. they ve been enriched by obamacare like nothing anybody has ever seen before. i am not going to do anything to enrich the insurance companies. reporter: white house officials tell fox news they are concerned that even though this does seem to flood more money to people who are in need of subsidies in order to buy health insurance, there s no way to certify on the state level this funding isn t going into the pockets of the insurance companies. also provides for $105 million for outreach for open enrollment in the obamacare exchanges. that s another thing they disagree with. not sure if this is going to go anywhere, dana. dana: john roberts, never a dull moment. rep
case. hopefully everyone learned a lesson there. mary anne, let me ask you about tax reform. looks like the republicans say they have the votes to get a budget passed which means the trail to tax reform is a little easier. do you buy it? i don t. i think chuck shumer had it right earlier in your program. this will be like healthcare. the more you learn about tax reform the less you like it. there s nothing in it for the middle class. corporations get a great deal. estate tax get cut. if you are a middle class person your taxes aren t going down and your pay checks aren t going up. instead you re financing those tax cuts for everybody else. you ll end up paying for the trillions of dollars that are dead. i can t believe there aren t a couple republicans who will support the republicans opposing it. dana: matt you worked on tax reform at a time when the economy was not good. is it harder to tell the country that you need massive tax reform if you re also taking credit for