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What has happened so far. i want to put up this chart. according to one study, s&p companies have givenemployees $5.2 billion in bonuses and higher wages. the kinds of things you and the president talked about but at the same time, they spent $157 billion on stock buybacks . so far, the tax cuts are going to shareholders. not to workers. >> first of all we are only a couple months into this. i think we have one half million americans that received special bonuses. thats an enormous situation. i ...

What has happened so far. i want to put up this chart. according to one study, s&p companies have givenemployees $5.2 billion in bonuses and higher wages. the kinds of things you and the president talked about but at the same time, they spent $157 billion on stock buybacks . so far, the tax cuts are going to shareholders. not to workers. >> first of all we are only a couple months into this. i think we have one half million americans that received special bonuses. thats an enormous situation. i ...

The fed is committed to make sure they dont cut off economic growth. >> chris: when the corporate tax bill is passed, you are the president promised that most of the benefits would go to workers, but thats not in fact what has happened so far. according to one study, s&p companies have given employees $5.2 billion in bonuses and higher wages. the kinds of things he talked about. at the same time they spent 157 billion on stock buybacks. so far the tax cuts are going to shareholders not workers. ...

Tax attorney from pennsylvania. sharon? >> secretary price, millionaires will receive about $157 billion of tax cuts within ten years if the aca is repealed. are you willing to replace the aca with a health care plan that will benefit all americans, not just the wealthy? millions believe repealing obamacare will harm us financially and medically. >> yeah, sharon, thanks. [ applause ] >> thanks for the question. and clearly thats not our goal, and clearly our goal is to make certain every america...

La last. nothing to change to make them real today, okay? >> you could have a long conversation when a numerator and denominator, how to arrive at a percent annupercentage. >> this is not a claim you made, so im not going to spend too much time on it. you spoke of the presidents budget, we are taking his words and turning them into policies and dollars. i want to follow-up on that because a lot of words wrds said during the campaign. the president said one time he believed tenning -- >> do you b...

To arrive at a percentage but i dont want to bore people. >> this isnt a claim so i wont spend too much time on it. you spoke about president trumps budget and you said "were taking his words and turning them into policies and dollars." i want to follow up on that because there were a lot of words said during the campaign. the president one time said he believed taxes should go up on the wealthy. take a listen. >> do you believe in raising taxes on the wealthy? >> i do. i do. including myself. i...

Prima premiums is not reisraelirealish care. >> you sound like a democrat, there have to be adjustments made, there have to be chains made, but what trump is aed voe carroting for, is penalizing working americans, according to the family institute, its a majority of trump voters are going to pay dramatic increases and will lose enormous tax credits to in fact get health insurance, yet those in the top 1% will get apparently tax breaks up to 1$157 billion over ten years, so its really a transfer ...

conversation when a numerator and denominator, how to arrive at a percent annupercentage. >> this is not a claim you made, so im not going to spend too much time on it. you spoke of the presidents budget, we are taking his words and turning them into policies and dollars. i want to follow-up on that because a lot of words wrds said during the campaign. the president said one time he believed tenning -- >> do you believe in raising taxes on the wealthy? >> i do. >> the plan to repeal and repla...

Judiciary. we just saw mike pence saying, you have to rally behind this health care plan p. we need everyone on board. will they get it? >> right now, they are looking like they dont have many troops to go into battle. the trump administration is under fire for two sides, doctors, nurses, the chief medical officer for medicare, major hospitals o wwho are sayi they dont like this. they are joined by economists who say this will give $157 billion windfall to the richest while not ensuring covera...

Weaponry perhaps, there is a real economic cost and benefit of iran brought in from the cold. lets look at the saudi stock market today. you see the costs there. lower. as the all important oil price slips on the expectation of iran ramping up exports in what is an oversupplied market. remember iran sits in 157 billion barrels of oil reserves. that is nearly 10% global reserves and pre-sanctions it was pumping twice it is today. a clear oil export and iran will be back in the market. even the ir...