Back. Buoyed, they still think they can cobble together a stimulus deal and theyre getting a little closer. Theyre about i think latest indication about 600 billion apart. Democrats coming down to 2. 2 trillion. Such a steal. Such a buy. Republicans have been whispering about 1 1 2 to 1. 6 trillion, who knows. That that is a development few saw coming. Were 24 hours away from the big debate tomorrow. So that could obviously test these markets. So far not too flummoxed about president s taxes. Well see as we get on here. But that tax report we want to lead off front and center ahead of the big coverage planned from tomorrow night. How much the New York Times report, 5000 word plus investigation that goes into the president s taxes over the last couple of decades. The signature of both days developments is that, for a lot of those years he didnt pay any taxes and for at least the latest two years, these do not include the 2018 and 2019 years, he paid 750dollars each for each year. Consid
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Households finance 100 of transfer payments to bottom 60 as well as almost 100 of tax revenue used to run entire federal post. What is going on here in your view . Well we hear all the time how the rich are not paying their fair share. So when i looked at this report which is released annually, this report is 2011 data, i dug into some of the details, what i was able to show that they break the households down by income equipment tiles. What i was able to show quintiles. Bottom 60 of the american households by net income are net recipient and receive more in government transfer payments than pay in federal taxes. Fourth income quintile, pays highest, break even. Pay as much in federal taxes as they get in government transfers. It is top income quintile, households in america with average income of about 234,000 that it is that group that pays in 48,000, about 46,500 more in federal taxes than they receive in transfer payments. So that is really the, the main net payer quintile. So they
Very excited about this one. Were calling it the users guide to your health care. Im going to be giving you the tips, the tools and the strategies you can use right now to help you better understand and take control of your health care including, of course, saving money. Among the issues were exploring tonight, are you getting the most from your insurer . I spoke to dr. Pamela galen about this. Shes a working mom, practicing if and author of the book how to survive your doctors care. We talked about the run around some Insurance Companies can give people. Heres a quick preview. Take a listen. The goal here is not to reimpurse the provider and, in turn, the patient. So the first one is weve lost your paperwork, or you didnt fill it out correctly. Another one is youre not covered anyway and, therefore, we will not reimburse you. And the other is your doctor did it wrong. Gerri well have a lot more coming up tonight on our users guide to health care. And join the conversation on twitter u
Very excited about this one. Were calling it the users guide to your health care. Im going to be giving you the tips, the tools and the strategies you can use right now to help you better understand and take control of your health care including, of course, savingoney. Among the issues were exploring tonight, are you getng the most from your insurer . I spoke to dr. Pamela galen about this shes a working mom, practicing if and author of the book how to survive your doctors care. We talked about the run around some Insurance Companies can give people. Heres a quick preview. Take a listen. The al here is not to reimpurse the provider and, in turn, the patient. So the first one is weve lost your paperwork, or you didnt fill it out correctly. Another one is youre not covered anyway and, therefore, we will not reimburse you. And the other is your doctor did it wrong. Gerri well have a lot more coming up tonight on our users guide to health care. And join the conversation on twitter using th