reason why we, as a country, are the envy of the world, because you have decided you ve had enough of the pandemic, you re itching to get out, you re itching to go to, well horse races, you re itching to go to disneyland, now-reopened albeit at limited capacity and you re itching to spend which is why, in the first quarter of the year , we had overall economic growth north of 6.4%. what s going on here? we re going to detail it as well as then take a look at whether an economy that is doing that well needs any help at all from, well, the government. let s explore that now with mark meredith with the president of wilmington, delaware because there s a lot of spending on tap and now growing questions as to whether this economy really needs it. what do you have? reporter: hey, neil good morning to you. that s right. president biden is making it clear he wants to spend a lot of taxpayer money, but getting congress on board with this idea is the big obstacle and there s even repor
ruling after another. appeal upon appeal. and even a trip to the knighted state supreme court. but today the american public finally has its hands on something donald trump as so doggedly sought to conceal. his tax returns. six years worth. and an unprecedented window and steube s financial picture. this public release, which, among other things, shows the don trump paid relatively little in taxes in the years before and during his presidency, is the end product of an effort undertaken by the house ways and needs committee. after securing their returns, which cover the years 2015 to 2020, that panel voted along party lengths to hand redacted versions of the returns to the public. before we get into what these thousands of pages reveal, in a way those who are who are not accountants can understand, it s worth noting how the committee got its hands on these returns in the first place. is the end result of its investigation into an irs policy that mandates audits of returns file
hi, there, everyone. it s 4:00 in the east. it took years and one court ruling after another, appeal upon appeal and even a trip to the united states supreme court, but today the american public finally has its hands on something donald trump has so doggedly sought to conceal his tax returns, six years worth. an unprecedented window into his financial picture. this public release, which among other things shows that donald trump paid very relatively in taxes in the years before and during his presidency, is the end product of an effort undertaken by the house ways and means committee. after securing the returns which cover the years 2015 through 2020, that panel voted along party lines to hand redacted versions of the returns over to the public. before we get into what these thousands of pages reveal, in a way, those of us who are not account tantants can understands worth note hough the committee got its hands on these returns in the first place. it s the end result of an