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Democratic alliance". so ive got to ask you, dion, do you think these differences can be can be overcome, and how important is that for south africas economy? well, i think it always boils down to choices. now, everybody has a particular perspective in south africa, and the trade unions in particular do not like the das economic policy because we believe its necessary to rein back the public—sector wage bill. we need to rein back the strength of the trade unions in our economy. if economy does...

If economy doesnt grow, you dont have tax revenue and youre unable to deliver services. i have lots of discussions with the minister of finance and we both agree we have a growth problem. the anc does not believe that it has a spending problem, which it does do. so the choices need to be made because if we dont do that, whats going to happen is what you said. wed end up with the bailout. well end up with an economy that doesnt grow. and of course, heaven forbid we might end up with violence that...

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This country so that we can have strong families and a strong country. >> governor desantis, at a cnn town hall last week you said you support a flat tax, which is a single income tax rate for every american. under your plan, would working families pay the same tax rate as billionaires? >> i would only do it if people are better off than they are now. i mean, i want people paying less taxes. actually if you think the last year we have numbers for, the federal government took in the highest perce...

Families pay the same tax rate as billionaires? >> i would only do it if people are better off than they are now. i want people paying less taxes. actually, if you think the last year we have numbers for, the federal government took in the highest percentage of taxes from the economy since world war ii. and yet theyre going deep into debt. we have a spending problem in this country. its not a tax problem in this country. and if you had something that was simple and transparent, not only would th...

Under your plan, would working families pay the same tax rate as billionaires? >> i would only do it if people are better off than they are now. i want people paying less taxes. if you think the last year we have numbers for the federal government took in the highest percentage of taxes from the economy since world war ii. and, yet they are going deep into debt. we have a spending problem in this country. its not a tax problem in this country. and if you had something that was simple and transpa...

Theyre worried theyre not going to find a job. theyre worried about the debt the country is in and inflation has gone up, that everything is more expensive. from their standpoint, theyre looking at a country, and theyre wondering how theyre going to get through. and what we owe it to them is to get the economy back on track. the way we get the economy back on track is to first acknowledge that there is a spending problem in d.c. and its not a republican problem or a democrat problem. both of the...

Court date years from now. we cant keep functioning like that. we are a country of laws, the second we stop being a country of law, we give everything this country was founded on. [applause] >> you brought up the economy earlier, and i promise you we will get to it, i want to get to it now with you, molly. molly -- is a college student republican who says she will support any republican other then donald trump. ouyou knmy sonllaught is thing that every young indiviof cfitho trand nowsaying oh, w...

Increase? but as vice president, your administration spent more than any prior, $7.8 trillion added to the national debt. $3.5 trillion of that before covid. does that mean you are part of the spending problem? >> well, first off, thanks for the question and thanks for letting me respond in reference to our administrations record. i am incredibly proud of the record of the trump and pence administration. four short years we rebuilt the military. we revived our economy. we unleashed american ener...

Increase? but as vice president, your administration spent more than any prior, $7.8 trillion added to the national debt. $3.5 trillion of that before covid. does that mean you are part of the spending problem? >> well, first off, thanks for the question and thanks for letting me respond in reference to our administrations record. i am incredibly proud of the record of the trump and pence administration. four short years we rebuilt the military. we revived our economy. we unleashed american ener...