whatever. google is going to add is going to be a 25,000 people in new york in probably a year or two because the talent here, infrastructure here, quality of life. they need to be near the eco system. that says that new york can t get sloppy and lazy because there s taxes you can t deduct very high income taxes of the six cities new york is the highest state. charles: and a lot of individuals and new york needs to address the issues. as far as handing out the red carpet to this company that went around the country trying to cut deals with everybody, i think they overdid it, i don t think that new york has to do it. other places have to, nevada got tesla because texas loss them and texas is a no tax, and you don t want to anow a billionaire. the reason he left we re not kissing his butt. he wants his butt kissed just like nevada did to elon musk. i don t think that new york needs the jobs. a top location, keep it a top
strengthen border security, create a new guest worker program and a path to citizenship. just like six years ago, critics are trying to derail it saying reform will hurt the economy more than help it. our friend howard fineman is back. how are you doing? hi, good. i want to start with the budget which we ll hear more about tomorrow. but the thing keeps moving to the right. even coming out of the white house as you know. robert greenstein from the center for budget of policy priorities had an important point. he said if the new obama budget is one poll and the republican no tax deep spending cut position is the other poll, and this turns out to be a halfway point in this compromise, the result is going to ask obama to accept an outcome well to the right of boehner s offer in december. jerred bernstein responded. being a former economist in the administration saying, look, this is a compromised position which must not be taken as a new poll staking out one side in the
standing up to the rest of the party who pledged never to raise taxes, but he isn t alone. i signed this pledge, but what do we do when we get taxes down to where they need to be, at one point we cut taxes touch, what s the answer then? i didn t know i was signing a marriage agreement, and i think the majority of members of congress understand you need to have additional revenue. have we reached a point where one person s demand is paralyzing congress to the point that even a discussion of tax reform is viewed as breaking a no tax pledge? i d logical purity is paralyzing congress. that s right. and it s hurting real americans and ignoring the majority. 72% of americans want to raise taxes on the rich. remember ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times.
everything must be on the table. and i believe how the pledge is interpreted and enforced by mr. norquist is a road block to realistically reforming our tax code. have we really reached a point where one person s demand for ideological purity is paralyzing congress to the point that even a discussion of tax reform is viewed as breaking a no tax pledge? that is republican congressman from virginia, frank wolf, on the house floor last week. frank is just one of six republicans in congress who have not signed governor norquist s anti-tax pledge. first the important question. how much do you miss harold and me in the house? i mean, it s hard to carry on. it is a well, harold and i used to walk across to vote. you miss harold. you miss harold. i miss both of you. both of you were nice people and i miss you both. very good.