rate and imposing a 25% minimum tax on wealthy americans. here with a look at the coming showdown in congress our wall street journal columnists khan henninger and mary anastasia o grady and editorial board member kyle peterson. so, dan, i couldn t help but notice that the new york times this week portrayed the president s budget as moving to the center. is that how you see it? [laughter] whoa. well, it may be where the new york times describes the center. no, that budget moves smartly to the left. i mean, senator elizabeth warren was beside herself over all the tax increases on the wealthy. she just thought it was great. you know, this is really a peter pan judgment, paul. you just spread pixie dust everywhere, and the economy takes off. we could make fun of it, we say it s not going to happen because of the republican house. i could make a couple points about in this. one, if perchance, this is a campaign speech concern a campaign budget, there s no question about it, a
nuclear sites for the international community. i ll talk to the iaea chief about what happens next. and average u.s. gas prices hit a record, $5 a gallon. overall inflation hits 8.6%, consumers are pessimistic about the state of the u.s. economy. what does the former federal reserve chair think? i ll ask him. we are now living in a totally new era. that is what the 99-year-old henry kissenger said. in an op-ed last week president biden vividly outlined the stakes. he wrote if russia does not pay a heavy price for its actions it would send a message to other would-be aggressors they too canceive territory is subjugate other countries, and it could mark the end of the rules based international order and open the door to aggression elsewherual catastrophic consequences the world over. in times like these it seemed appropriate that the secretary of state antony blinken would deliver a major policy address, which he did late last month except he chose to give the talk on china
paul: the kidnapping of four and the murder of two u.s. citizens in mexico is prompting calls for the biden administration to use the u.s. military against that country s drug cartels. south carolina senator lindsey graham introduced a bill wednesday to designate them as foreign terrorist organizations. and in a wall street journal op-ed last week, forger attorney general bill barr wrote that the u.s. should confront the cartels the same way past administrations confronted isis in the middle east. here s barr on fox this week. the cartels are in charge. the mexican government allows them to operate from these safe havens and pump poisonous drugs up into the united states that are doing massive damage to our people and our economy. and it s not going to stop unless we croix these organizations. paul: we re back with khan henninger and mary anastasia o grady.
what is the actual affirmative agenda. and kevin mccarthy remarks tailor made for cable tv but it still leaves an open question what is the forward-looking agenda and can he get it done with a very loud and perhaps more powerful right flank that is going to be putting a lost pressure on him. that is a great point. and manu, senator mitt romney has a very is a very different kind of republican from say the jim jordans of the party. he kind of saw this coming if you will. he wrote an op-ed last week and in part he wrote this. two roads diverge before this potential gop majority. the one less traveled by would be to pass bill that s would make things better for the plern people, the more tempted and historically frequented road could be to pursuit pointless investigations and messaging bills and threats an government shutdowns. the road we choose could make all of the difference. romney sees a problem coming here. i know you have fresh reporting and have spoken to him about this as we
nuclear sites for the international community. i ll talk to the iaea chief about what happens next. and average u.s. gas prices hit a record, $5 a gallon. overall inflation hits 8.6%, consumers are pessimistic about the state of the u.s. economy. what does the former federal reserve chair think? i ll ask him. we are now living in a totally new era. that is what the 99-year-old henry kissenger said. in an op-ed last week president biden vividly outlined the stakes. he wrote if russia does not pay a heavy price for its actions it would send a message to other would-be aggressors they too canceive territory is subjugate