but what i m going to do and what i think people on bot sides of the aisle in congress republican or democrat, should do, is look at each of the lin items in the budget and as ourselves, is this a investment of tax dollars that will return dividends to our economy and our country fo years to come? so, expanding the child ta credit does exactly that it s an investment in ou future workforce, it s money well spent investing in things like insulin makes it cheaper ultimately, for health care, because it reduces highe health care costs, caused by people who don t have insulin. and so, i think the goal her is to look at each expense i think it s appropriate for democrats and republicans to take a lot of responsibility for every taxpayer dollar. but it is not to just come u with kind of this across the board political gains an leverage okay, so there s a weir situation right now that goe the following way. the debt ceiling breach is a forcing mechanism to make deal, right? and the gop uses
economy and our country fo years to come? so, expanding the child ta credit does exactly that it s an investment in ou future workforce, it s money well spent investing in things like insulin makes it cheaper ultimately, for health care, because it reduces highe health care costs, caused by people who don t have insulin. and so, i think the goal her is to look at each expense i think it s appropriate for democrats and republicans to take a lot of responsibility for every taxpayer dollar. but it is not to just come u with kind of this across the board political gains an leverage okay, so there s a weir situation right now that goe the following way. the debt ceiling breach is a forcing mechanism to make deal, right? and the gop uses it as a kin of hostage situation, right? the economy will blow up unles you negotiate, you give us wha we want. and until people start to frea out about it, the, it does not work as a forcing mechanism. people tend to think the
events that we ve seen to mark there is one phrase that rules there is one phrase that rules the day in american politics and its grievance politics, that phrase has come up over and over over the past half decade and if not more actually so what we see on display is just that. so what we see on display is just that- so what we see on display is ust that. ~ ~ , ~ ., just that. the maga movement came out of just that. the maga movement came out of that, just that. the maga movement came out of that, this - came out of that, this frustration with washington, the establishment that the typical politician was not speaking directly to the hearts and minds of the average american voter on the american voter. we ve seen a real change in the republican party. it was a party for those who worked hard for their dollar, blue collar so to speak and then became more of a white collar party and we saw the shift after trump s election in 2016 and it s very much that blue collar american worker w
blaming wokeness and dei policies for quite literally everything this week it is the bankin crisis, republican politicians like ron desantis, and james comer have been openly blaming silicon valley bank s failur on so called woke policies this of course as untrue svb s failure is due in part t a bank run, rising interes rates and overall mismanagemen by executives. but we also have to look at th role our government plays an all of this. specifically, a trump era la aimed at deregulating th banking industry see, back in 2018, congres rolled back oversight for a mi sized banks, exempting the from regulation such a complying with stress tests. in maintaining certain level of liquidity svb fell into that category. last week, federal regulator said they would cover all of svb s deposits to be clear, taxpayer dollar are not being used here. but we ve seen the fed step in
shannon: and i think the american people are inspired by their tenacity and their courage, but they also have questions about how this ends and what our commitment is in this measure. senator j.d. vance said this, before president biden sends another taxpayer dollar to ukraine, he must lay out a clear plan for ending the conflict in a way that advances our national security interests. no more blank checks, it is past time for the president to tell the american people how this comes to an end. how does the president, the white house define how this comes to anen end? first of all, every single item we ve sent has been in full consultation with the congress, and we have really enjoyed terrific bipartisan support, bicameral and bipartisan on capitol hill for support for ukraine, and we fully expect that that will continue. now, look, it could end 0d the, shannon, if mr. putin would pull his troops out of ukraine where they don t belong in the first place. obviously, your reporting on th