Texas college officials head to Austin to make funding requests from state legislature
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The Texas State Capitol building stands in Austin, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, June 2, 2016. Steve Adler, Austin s mayor, thinks he can put his stamp on the city by burnishing its reputation as an exciting playground for experiments in urban transportation. One of his political priorities is to seek millions in federal funding to promote a so-called smart city plan based on autonomous buses, sensors that know which parking spaces are available and, yes, a culture of ridesharing. Photographer: David Williams/BloombergDavid Williams, Austin Ridesharing / Bloomberg
Texas college officials started meeting at the Texas Capitol in Austin Tuesday to make requests for funding from the state during its 87th legislative session.
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jedediah: already. ed: talking taxes. watch. once you get to like the tippy top on your 10 millionth dollar, sometimes you see tax rates as high as 60 or 70% as you climb up this ladder. you should be contradicting more. only has ever been radicals that have changed this country. abraham lincoln made the radical decision to sign the emancipation proclamation. franklin delano rose vet made the radical decision to embark on establishing programs like social security. if that s what radical means call me a radical. ed: when you look at the study something like the top 50% of the wealthy right now pay, i believe it is, federal taxes 97% of the federal taxes. so, what she is saying fair share what is she talking about? i think she wants to go back to the era top tax rate was around 70%. during the eisenhower era close to 90%. very few rich people actually pay that tax, of
the average family of four, $2200 a year. arthel: joining me now is jeffrey kupfer, former executive director of george w. bush s panel on federal tax reform let s jump right here. thanks for being here so does the senate bill benefit the middle class now and in the future? hi, arthel. it s good to be here today. yes it actually does very much. when you look at where the benefits of the bill go and you look at every bracket that every income bracket you see significant relief in every one of the brackets. the thing that s really important to remember when you think about the tax code is that the top 1% of taxpayers in the united states pay 40% of all federal income taxes, the top 50 % of all of income pay the 97% of all federal taxes in the country and so when you look at absolute dollar amounts you re always going to have the higher income people getting higher dollar amounts in terms of tax