michael steele. these are some of the stories we are following today. donald trump s attorney and e. jean carroll s defamation case renewing calls for a mistrial. congressman jim hines is here to discuss the improving biden economy, and we are just 72 hours from primary day in new hampshire where the states could not be higher for republicans in for this country. grab your coffee, settle, and welcome to the weekend. we begin this hour with newly-released video from donald trump s april 2023 deposition and the new york civil trial trial against him and his company. during the interview, trump not only bragged about his finances and his brand, but also claimed his presidency save the planet from a quote, nuclear holocaust. you re too busy for the company? anyway, yeah. i can say, it another way of saying. it i was very busy. i consider this the most important job in the world, saving millions of jobs. i think we would ve had nuclear holocaust if i didn t deal with n
Government spending is something that does not guilty gel with real life. In other words all of these government expenditures in some of the graphs that we show today are because were not taking their money so therefore, that e kwatquates to Government Spending where in real life does not taking somebodys money equate to spending again, the credible credibility gap, i think increases when statements like that are made. By the way, if thats the case, i think that what . Our gdp is what . 17 trillion . What we take in revenue and taxes is about roughly about 3 trillion. Ballpark figures. So, in essence, that means that were spending 14 trillion because thats money that the government is not taking from the economy. So should we then call that 14 trillion in Government Spending . No. Thats ludicrous. And its ludicrous to say that money that we are not forcefully taking because people dont pay this willingly, theyre forced to pay is somehow Government Spending. Credibility gap. When one sa
Peoples opinion. They have their own experiences with this economy good or bad, and i suggest you stop digging once youre in a hole of that size. My question of you is how much business taxes are included in this budget. So what our budget does on taxes we propose a fully paid for set of middle class tax cuts that is paid for in the way that i discussed before. With business tax increases . Actually i want doesnt include any business tax increases. What are the taxes . I notice youre planning a massive increase for Capital Gains tax, nearly doubling the Capital Gains tax rate from the beginning of thiS Administration. All were doing is proposing to take it back to what it was under reagan. Are you proposing to take the income tax rate back down to where it was under reagan . We are propose inging a comprehensive, revenueneutral business tax reform. Were proposing to fully offset the tax cuts for 44 million middle class families average 600 drars ewith the Capital Gains tax. Heres the p
Nonviolence. She is just back from afghanistan. In another Louisiana Court has ruled Albert Woodfox of the angola 3 should be free. Enough,cause is noble you can carry the weight of the world on your shoulders. I thought my cause, then and now, was noble. Therefore, [indiscernible] bit,might bend a little they may even take my life, but they would never be able to break me. Former black panther Albert Woodfox has been more than 40 years in solitary confinement. Will he finally be released . We will speak with his lawyer and robert king, another member of the angola 3, but he was freed. Kings conviction was overturned after he spent 29 years in solitary confinement. All of that and more coming up. , welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Protests continue in the st. Louis area as a grand jury nears a decision in the Police Killing of unarmed teenager michael brown. The grand jury is set to reconvene today as it weighs whether to bring char
This year. When will americas longest war ever end . We will go to kabul to speak with the peace activist and physician dr. Hakim and to kathy kelly of voices for creative nonviolence. She is just back from afghanistan. In another Louisiana Court has ruled Albert Woodfox of the angola 3 should be free. Enough,cause is noble you can carry the weight of the world on your shoulders. I thought my cause, then and now, was noble. Therefore, [indiscernible] bit,might bend a little they may even take my life, but they would never be able to break me. Former black panther Albert Woodfox has been more than 40 years in solitary confinement. Will he finally be released . We will speak with his lawyer and robert king, another member of the angola 3, but he was freed. Kings conviction was overturned after he spent 29 years in solitary confinement. All of that and more coming up. , welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Protests continue in the st. Loui