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(Archived document, may contain errors) 93 June 21, 1983 H.R. 3110 LEASING "REFORM" THREATENS CITIES   Steve H. Hanke Senior Fellow INTRODUCTION

Special privileges which is fine? you can make a case they shouldnt have these special breaks, etc., disney shouldnt. but to yank them away specifically tied to political speech or political actions that the ruling party doesnt like feels punitive. im not sure thats a great precedent even if you are like enjoying how it feels and sort of sayings this is a good counter punch? >> dana: thanks for being here. were waiting the hear from president biden. he is set to speak any moment. as an update he...

I said what kind of a man is this? >> reporter: barr was accused of trying to even protect the presidents associates, like michael flynn and roger stone, who were both charged in connection with muellers investigation. >> i agree, the presidents friends dont deserve special breaks, but they also dont deserve to be treated more harshly than other people. >> reporter: former president trump repeatedly called for investigations into the officials connected to these probes. >> somebody has to get to...

And both of those plans, we will see which one gets us to that goal. in addition we have been looking at the middle income which needs the greatest tax relief. if we look at those as our goal everything that drives us should be towards those goals. there are numbers that are different, if we want to do simplification we need [blooge >> that is a word you brought up. you read through these bills, there is an awful lot of special-interest pork. there are special deductions for microbreweries, $10 ...

To the wealthy at the expense of the middle class -- >> and elected someone who was accused of, right -- >> yeah, exactly. i mean, hes -- this bill helps -- does not help the people who donald trump -- who donald trump drew his greatest support from. but i think theres so much in here, you know, whether its repealing tax breaks for graduate students or repealing tax breaks for people who have big medical expenses or taking away state and local tax deductions and so on, while youre giving away, y...

Support from. but i think theres so much in here, you know, whether its repealing tax breaks for graduate students or repealing tax breaks for people who have big medical expenses or taking away state and local tax deductions and so on, while youre giving away, you know, special breaks for people who have planes and huge billions of dollars of -- trillions over -- for the wealthy and corporate interests. >> to davids point, mark, is this for republicans and the president careful what you ask for...

And while he is giving this huge bonanza to americas dine cities, he is killing the individual mandate, the underpinning of the affordable care act. why would he do that? because it allows him to cut a third of a trillion dollars in taxes from those at the very top. it helps give corporations a tax cut from a rate of 35% down to just 20%. democrats are unlikely to vote for this bill. republican senators are going to do it themselves. if your senator is one of those giving this bill the thumbs-up...

Rate. look, i think doubling the holding period is very, very helpful here. >> chairman, heidi przybyla has a question. >> hi, chairman, being a recovering budget nerd, i kind of relapsed last night and reached out to some of my best budget sources. heres what i found. this economic growth that you all are promising, it cannot happen unless the cuts occur at the same time. in fact, the joint committee on taxations economic model assumes that the type of tax cuts youre doing now that are not paid...

Its like rodeos on top of rollercoasters. get your favorites on top of your favorites. only at applebees. >> harris: tax reform is moving up on the gop agenda after the healthcare bill failed. the white house, along with senate and house republicans have released a joint statement on plans to introduce new tax legislation this fall. chief congressional correspondent mike e manuel is live for us on capitol hill. mike, this has to go differently and better than healthcare reform. democrats would b...

Open discussion for the rest of the 15-minute segment. no bathroom breaks, no special breaks, a solid 90 minutes here under these bright lights. >> and each of the candidates families will be sitting in the front row, theyll be sitting lined up into their line of sight. when youre in the room, brooke, you get the sense how close these families are sitting. just a matter of feet, a small aisle separates them. >> sunlen, thank you so much. sunlen serfaty outside of the debate hall. and now lets ta...