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Ukraine. you make the first topic we discussed is information reduction act and, indeed, discussed is information reduction actand, indeed, we discussed is information reduction act and, indeed, we welcome the inflation reduction act because it is a massive investment in the green transition, moving towards a net zero economy. it is mirrored by the green deal industrial plan in the european union. the amounts of money we are talking about for these subsidies is huge. the american inflation reduc...

Out its ambitions to boost the green economy. it has announced plans for massive subsidies to manage —— to match the near $400 billion already committed by us presidentjoe biden in his signature inflation reduction act. in washington, dc the issue topped the agenda at the meeting between the eu president and president biden taking precedence even over the war in ukraine. the first topic we discussed is inflation reduction act and, indeed, we welcome the inflation reduction act because it is ...

Empower medicare to negotiate broad drug prices, something that has about 80 plus percent, among the general public. it would be the biggest investment in mitigating climate change that congress has ever done in u.s. history. and that is a low bar. but 269 billion is hardly trump change on this front. so, finally, for the first time, the democrats, feel after many months of despondency this agenda items that president biden and many democrats have campaigned on, appeared to be left for dead. the...

Burgdorf. lets start with the mornings top stories, president trump continuing to ramp up his rhetoric over the weekend. he made this argument for a merritt based system. >> we need merit based immigration. were taking in people that will never help us as a country. we need people that can help us. we want a merit based immigration system. we need safety at the border. we need the wall. the wall is going to happen. >> but a study released last year by the department of health and human services ...

Wealthy campaign contributors. there is a reason why the billionaire class provides hundreds of millions in campaign contributions to republicans. and now is pay back time. what this legislation is about, jake, is giving 50% of the pacs benefits to the top 1%. and at the end of the house bill, forcing 40% of the middle class to actually pay more in taxes. what this legislation is about, absolutely insanely, is repealing the estate tax, a $269 billion tax break, not for the top 1%, but the top .0...

Billionaire class provides hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign contributions to republicans. and now is pay back time. what this legislation is about, jake, is giving 50% of the tax ben fits to the top 1% and at the end of ten years in the house bill, forcing almost 50% of the middle class to actually pay more in taxes. what this legislation is about absolutely insanely is repealing the estate tax, a $269 billion tax break, not for the top 1%, but for the top two tenths of 1 pkts, a hand...

Owners from 39.6% to 29%. this man owns a graphics company in indiana and has a question for senator sanders. mark? >> senator sanders, you criesed this plan as bad policy, disastrous and morally repugnant. >> as a matter of fact, i did. >> can you clarify for me how thats disastrous? >> heres the point, mark, and you make a good point. small businesses are struggling with federal, state, local taxes. i got it. and with he went to help small businesses. what this particular bill does, as i menti...

And why the koch brothers are spending so much money to see this legislation passed. their family will benefit to the tune of some $30 billion, so spending a few hundred million dollars to elect people like senator cruz is pocket change if youre family is going to get 30 billion. if youre one of the wealthiest families you will get up to $2 billion. this is an incredible boondoggle going to the top 2/10 of 1%, $269 billion going to the top 2/10 of 1%. we had a young lady talking about the cost o...

Have. these guys, though, are going to support a tax proposal which over a ten-year period would repeal the estate tax and give $269 billion in tax breaks to the top two tenths of 1%. that to me is not an effective way to deal with the deficit. second of all, let me read directly from the cbo report that came out today. and i would disagree with senator cassidys interpretation. they are cutting a trillion dollars. all told federal spending on medicaid would be reduced by about a trillion dollars...

Placing on that as he picks a diplomat to speak on behalf of the u.s.? >> well, you know, calling exxonmobil a business is almost a little bit like, you know, calling walmart a hardware store. exxonmobil, with something like $269 billion in revenue, would rank as the 44th largest nation in the world if you weighed it alongside the gdps of other nations. bigger than finland, bigger than portugal. i think thats really what president-elect trump was getting at, this is somebody who has been in char...