they should. the fed should be cutting and i would say they should say at a minimum 100 basis points over a period of time, not at one time, over a period of time. can the country afford tax cuts i m not talking about doing anything at this moment but indexing is something that a lot of people liked for a long time and is something that would be very easy to do, and a lot of people have been talking about indexing for many years, and it is something that i am certainly thinking about. i can say a majority of the people in the white house at the level that does this kind of thing, they like indexing. so it is something i m thinking about. payroll taxes, i have been thinking about payroll taxes a long time. whether or not we do it now or not is not being done because of recession because we are legitimately if we had a cut in
white an ole fant fix, to help our communities protect members. in 2016 in the election in runup to the election bernie sanders had a lot of interaction and outreach to native communities. what s your thoughts on his policies? you know, bernie sanders level interaction in 2016 was absolutely amazing, prompted me to support him and endorse him. he was powerful in his willingness to outreach and develop substantively based upon input from native people and native leaders and native citizens who weren t leaders but had great ideas and brought them to fruition, was willing to put them into the public. that was cool. he hasn t come formally with anything yet in 2020, i believe he will because of his level of interaction. bernie s about that life. he really wants to do good stuff with the native communities. i don t think it was just an empty gesture in 2016, i just
i m not looking to do that. it is a war going on almost 19 years now, and frankly it s ridiculous. but with that being said, it s a dangerous place and we have to always keep an eye on it. sounds like you would like to pull completely out. i would like to look at alternatives. one of the alternatives is going on now, talking about a plan, i don t know whether the plan is acceptable to me, maybe it is not acceptable to them, but we are talking. we have good talks going. we ll see what happens. this is more than other presidents have done. we have brought it down, we are bringing some troops back. but we have to have a presence, yes. could you clarify your position on enhanced background checks after el paso and dayton, you seem to be fully in support of enhanced measures, when you were leaving bedminster, you suggested we already have strong background laws which a lot of people read as you dialing back. we do have.
the south lawn, he said the nra has over the years taken a tough stance on everything. i understand it is a slippery slope. they think you ll prove one thing and that leads to a lot of bad things. i don t agree with that. today he used the same language, the slippery slope on background checks. a very interesting session with the president at the white house. thanks. no one is more qualified, the main argument 2020 candidate and former vice president joe biden makes in his first campaign tv ad. the ad is airing in iowa where the first presidential caucus is held. after a week off, biden hit the trail with the same message in the ad. we know in our bones this election is different. the stakes are higher, the threat more serious. we have to beat donald trump, all the polls agree joe biden is the strongest democrat to do the job. no one is more qualified. for 8 years, president obama and
reserve, about afghanistan. he said we could win that wore in a week. been there 18 years, we could win that war in a week. i don t know how to ask you, what s the big headline on this. the president touched on everything possible in this discussion. reporter: i ll pick up where you started, the president talking about enhanced background checks, tougher gun restrictions. you hear him say the phrase slippery slope, that s an nra talking point. wayne lapierre talks about tougher gun laws will lead to a slippery slope that leads toward gun confiscation. 11 days ago, here s what the president said. they think you approve one thing and it leads to a lot of bad things. i don t agree. i think we can do meaningful, very meaningful background checks. here again, the president is retreating from that position. couple other points worth mentioning. on payroll tax cuts, yesterday a white house official when we approached them about reporting by new york times and the