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here. what is the upside to this tax increase? let s try to be positive this morning. because we ve been i ve been attacking it for raising the debt, for being the wrong tax cut at the wrong time, increasing income disparity. is there a chance that actually this could grow the economy, this could help work iing class americans? is there any tax cut in history that suggests that? i don t think so, joe. i mean, the upside i m refracting this through politics as usual. republicans look like they could do something. in particular, donald trump looks like he could do something. this is a not bad ending to a very bad year. but, no. i mean, this is great news and i don t mean to put my thumb on the scale here. it s great news if you believe that corporations are people, obviously. this is potentially good news if
stacks of studies and reports and investigations that there already has been over the last several years on voter fraud. they all show the same thing. it is exceedingly rare, it is always very isolated. it is statistically nearly nonexistent, that shows that the current laws and protections are work iing. you know, the president s fixation on massive voter fraud, i believe, is due to the fact that he lost the national popular vote and his ego just can t accept that. he has to drum up an excuse. unfortunately, this excuse has some danger with it. now you have a commission, and you put not just vice president pence but our colleague from kansas in charge of the commission, somebody with a long and well-documented track record of championing voter suppression laws, discrimination, anti-immigrant policies, et cetera. and that s supposed to guide us forward when it comes to civil rights and voting rights?
respect to that. did you consul wisubtle with other career prosecutors? absolutely. we had the experts within the national security division as we were navigating this situation they were work iing with the fb on the investigation and we were trying to make a determination about how best to make this notification so we could get the information to the white house that they needed to be able to act. what s the point you were trying to make, yes or no will be fine, that general flynn had seriously compromised the security of the united states and possibly the government by what he had done, whatever that was. our point was that logic would tell you that you don t want the national security adviser to be in a position where the russians have leverage over him. now in terms of what impact that may have had, i can t speak to that. but we knew that that was not a
they are saying this will be the biggest tax cuts in history. the question, again, will it be tax reform, real reform that can grow the economy or just tax cuts that are expensive. it s just about universal agreement. we need lower corporate taxes and simplification of the code. but you re wondering what does this mean for me and how does this help get me a job. this is a starting point. you have to work for congress. the house has been work iing on tax proposals for a long time. there are parts of this tax that do not jive with what paul ryan is doing. it s a start. shifting to health care. with that battle brewing, all eyes on the moderate house republicans after after the freedom caucus voted to back a deal. the latest was hammered out from leaders. it would allow states to seek waivers to weaken reforms. notably protecting people with