Speaker john boehner and i looked at him and said mr. Speaker, nice of here nice of you to come here and talk and he said i cannot get away from politics. It just goes to show you what an amazing privilege you all have. [indiscernible] [inaudible] ] thank you for having me. In about six months, you have a very important choice to make, and extraordinary choice to make the you go and choose democratic nominee for president of united and i think you have to ask yourself two questions when you do this. The first question, who can be donald trump is the number one is who can win, who can beat donald trump is the number one question democratic primary voters have to ask themselves. In my opinion can he is a reckless and lawless president and he needs to be retired in 2020. [cheers and applause] mr. Delaney what who can do that . To me it is someone who has a real Economic Vision that all americans can get behind in terms of how we create a more prosperous future and actually do things to pr
This is such an iconic American Experience and this is my second time doing it. It was a similar setting, a beautiful day, i was giving my remarks and i looked over and i noticed a gentleman who i recognize and he was wearing a very crisp golfs are golf shirt and i realized it was Speaker John Boehner and i looked at him and said mr. Speaker, nice of here nice of you to come here and talk and he said i cannot get away from politics. It just goes to show you what an amazing privilege you all have. [indiscernible] [inaudible] ] thank you for having me. In about six months, you have a very important choice to make, and extraordinary choice to make the you go and choose democratic nominee for president of united and i think you have to ask yourself two questions when you do this. The first question, who can be donald trump is the number one is who can win, who can beat donald trump is the number one question democratic primary voters have to ask themselves. In my opinion can he is a reckle
[applause] mr. Delaney thank you. Thank you. I love the iowa nice part. This is an iconic american experience. This is my second time doing it. I did it last year. Similar setting, we had a full crowd. I looked over to my left and i noticed a gentle man who i recognized, and he was wearing a very crisp golf shirt and he was very tan and he was looking a cigarette, and i realized it was speaker john boehner. I looked at him and i said, mr. Speaker, nice to hear me talk. He said, delaney, i cant get away from politics. It goes to show you what it is like being here in iowa and what amazing privilege you all have. Im so impressed how seriously you take it, because you do, to play such an Important Role in our democracy. [indiscernible] [inaudible] ] if you didnt do what you did, which is to figure out what is not only in our head but what is in our hearts, which by the way is as important why do we want to be president of the United States . What is motivating us, is it about us or about
Thank you for coming. Welcome to infrastructure week. We have been looking forward to this awhile. Infrastructure was a thing that all pundits after the election when we were in this fractured state after the 2016 election, will democrats and republicans be able to Work Together on anything, people said infrastructure. Why . Democrats like spending money and donald trump likes having things built, sees himself as a builder. We were supposed to get something. We havent gotten something yet, and well, policy always proves more complicated in practice than in promise. And thats the complexity of this, why we assembled the excellent panel we have today. Anybody that follows stuff about transportation infrastructure, the way cities work follows nicole. Senior fellow, contributing editor and columnist at new york post. Nick lawyer is of heritage foundation, focuses on energy, environment, regulatory issues. A Deputy Director of the thomas rowe institute for Economic Policy studies. Finally,
Of the panelists here would be against you on that, mr. Mayor, i want to give you a forum to make your case. Why do we need to tax the hell out of the rich . Thank you for that. Thanks for the opportunity to be with you. I want everybody to look at the details of the plan at tax the hell. Com. It is a website. It is provocative on purpose. For 40 years, the people in this country, middle class people, working class people, have been either stuck economically or going backwards. Thats the larger truth to what we experienced. I go to iowa, many states, people are talking about their frustration and concern the next generation is going to do worse than they did. Part of what we need to address is the reality is small number of people have gotten richer and richer, paying less and less in taxes. David thats in dollar terms not in percent, because the top 1 pay about 37 of all income taxes. So this gets to the essence of my point. Youre comparing recent years. Im comparing American History