things, but he s a terrible person. in politics what happens after you get elected, how do you justify working with someone if you think the person does not only wrong but a terrible human being? it s hard to then come across the aisle and figure out how to work together greg: haddad biden laughter she called him a racist? i m talking about across the hall. george h.w. bush became vice president after he called ronald reagan s policies for voodoo economics. we ve got a tone this down. it s unfortunate. dana: he pled guilty to premeditated attempted murder, attempted burglary, threatening a family member of a public official. jesse wrap it up.
vote at polls. neil: yeah, we will soon enough, kelly. and the flipside to that is wall street welcoming the pain ahead because at least it will cool it on the federal reserve s part and hiking interest rates. it s a rather perverse way to run, so be it. lucas tomlinson, you heard what bigtime ceos are saying. what is the nation s ceo sawing? reporter: good morning, neil. president biden is not on the campaign trail, instead he s at the beach, back home in delaware. before leaving he took some parting shots at republicans and their plans to cut taxes. it s mega-maga trickle down. mega-maga trickle down, the kind of policies half failed the country before, and it ll fail it again. reporter: recall, neil, george h.w. bush using, calling the term trickle down economics, quote, voodoo economics while running against ronald reagan in
unfortunate economic decision making. i call it voodoo economics. why do you call it that? for example, 600 billion rupee tax cut for the rich, reducing 12% to 8% of gdp. the retort that you get from the government is that is an international controversy. that is why i call it voodoo economics. highly illogical, highly impractical. and what is most astonishing is the fact that we had the covid pandemic. to at least reverse some of the illogical decisions that they made because of covid, they just stuck to their guns. they did not want to listen to the others, hear the outside opinion is not reflected in parliament. but how does not bode for what we ve seen in recent months
rasini. days ago crowds gathered to watch as his home went up in flames and the island remains in dire financial straits, reportedly seeking billions of dollars of aid from china. opposition leader pramadasa is a likely contender to be president. he spoke to ken s will ripley about why the country is facing financial ruin and what happens next. i see it on a daily basis. i see the gas queues. i see the food queues. i see inflation going up. so the situation is very, very bad. how did sri lanka get here? it s a consequence of unfortunate economic decision-making. i call it voodoo economics. why do you call it that? for example, a 600 billion rupee tax cut for the super-rich which resulted in state income reducing from 12% to 8% of gdp.
super-rich, resulted in state income, reducing from 12% to 8% of gdp, i mean, that s a very, very scary se their owe. the retort that you get from the government, oh, that s an inte international consequence. that s why i call it voodoo economics. what s most astonishing is the fact that we had the covid pandemic, to at least reverse some of the illogical decisions that they made because of covid, they just stuck to their guns, they didn t want to listen to the others. here the outside opinion is not reflected in parliament. but then how did that bode for what we ve seen in recent months with the anger on the streets and the crowds saying if this old guard remains in power that they re going to be right back out this showing the people s power in. people power led to him