leaves out some of the most popular proposals democrats have had for years. we ll get to more of that in a moment. before we do all of that, it is probably important to just take a step back, exempt ourselves from the relentless presentism of the news cycle and assess how we got to this point where the democrats have slashed this proposed $3.5 trillion agenda in half but also where they re considering spending $1.75 trillion on social welfare programs and climate at all. think back to 11 months ago. you ll remember joe biden was elected president, took about two weeks to count the votes, we didn t know what was going to happen. we department know on election night democrats were about to lose house seats. it looked touch and go. it looked like mitch mcconnell of kentucky was going to remain the senate majority leader. wasn t even clear, remember, in the beginning, those georgia races were going to go to a runoff. in other words, president biden was going to be presiding over a
i are agreeing a lot. we re not a nation of rightest and left we ll go to amy, go ahead. it s never enough. the other point i want to make, obama s redistribution of wealth doesn t work. he talks about a level playing field. he doesn t support school choice. it will benefit children, get them a quality education and restore hope for their future. his daughters go to a quality school in washington but he s blocking the door for kids who need a quality education. it goes far beyond tax policy. we have an administration openly cheerleading for disincentivizing work. we had nancy pelosi telling young people. now you don t have to work. now you can write poetry or assignment i would like to stay home. i work a lot we have spent $2 trillion on social welfare programs and since the 1960s, the poverty
i are agreeing a lot. we re not a nation of rightest and left we ll go to amy, go ahead. it s never enough. the other point i want to make, obama s redistribution of wealth doesn t work. he talks about a level playing field. he doesn t support school choice. it will benefit children, get them a quality education and restore hope for their future. his daughters go to a quality school in washington but he s blocking the door for kids who need a quality education. it goes far beyond tax policy. we have an administration openly cheerleading for disincentivizing work. we had nancy pelosi telling young people. now you don t have to work. now you can write poetry or assignment i would like to stay home. i work a lot we have spent $2 trillion on social welfare programs and since the 1960s, the poverty rate for the first time, we have
i are agreeing a lot. we re not a nation of rightest and left we ll go to amy, go ahead. it s never enough. the other point i want to make, obama s redistribution of wealth doesn t work. he talks about a level playing field. he doesn t support school choice. it will benefit children, get them a quality education and restore hope for their future. his daughters go to a quality school in washington but he s blocking the door for kids who need a quality education. it goes far beyond tax policy. we have an administration openly cheerleading for disincentivizing work. we had nancy pelosi telling young people. now you don t have to work. now you can write poetry or assignment i would like to stay home. i work a lot we have spent $2 trillion on social welfare programs and since the 1960s, the poverty