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Dealing with democrats. abby: on healthcare and tax reform. pete, one thing he said is a red line 20% on corporate tax. i started 1520 give myself wiggle room and im not budging on 20. pete: he said that again in the speech. 15 is where he wants to be. he realizes how pay for it. 20 where they will land. brian: did he tell you how much money pete hegseth fortune you can keep? pete: he said pete, you are in trouble. we have a special tax bracket just for you. brian: hegseth bracket. steve: last p...

I think whats interesting about this, if you look back over the last 40 years, the debate between the two parties over taxes hasnt changed much. you got republicans here saying we want to cut cop pratt and high-nd taxes and thats going to create growth that benefits everybody. reagan mead that case in 1981 -- >> it was a completely different environment. it was a different economic climate. >> the other thing thats changed is the base of the republican has changed. this is a much more blue colla...

Disagreed with that this is going to be such fuels on the flames of economic growth that it will pay for itself in the economy. many economists say that thats not likely to be true. >> we havent seen that in the past. just to be clear, the president has said all along, what he wants the middle class tax cut and he might actually raise taxes on the rich. we dont see that in this plan at all. big tax cuts for the wealthy. >> a 35% top tax rate, which is a cut from 39.6%. now, there has been some m...

Witness katy perry... aaaaaaw look at that dog! katy perry: with music videos and behind the scenes footage, xfinity lets you witness all things me. breaking news. details on the presidents new tax plan just released. so what is inside? cnn chief business correspondent christine romans here with me. what are we learning? >> a framework for fixing our broken tax code. >> thats the actual title? >> thats it. a framework for fixing or broken tax code. heres whats in it, cutting tax rates for ever...

Theyre hoping to get your taxes down to a postcard-size return every year. and its dramatically simpler. it is real tax reform. dramatically lower tax rates for business, fewer tax brackets for regular people, and a bigger standard deduction and a bigger child tax credit. let me show you those tax brackets. 12% on the lowest. that would be a 2 percentage point increase, but theyre doubling the standard deduction. so the first 24,000 of income would be tax free on the federal level. middle class ...

A tax break there. still going through all the of the details here. there has been some concern, that i would tell you, that maybe this would just be tax cuts for corporations, that maybe they wouldnt figure out how to do real tax reform. but at least this framework, as were calling it, this looks like tax reform. >> what we dont know yet is how much it will cost and we need some more details. two things that were notable, theyre hiking the lowest tax bracket from 10 to 12%. >> but doubling the ...

S 12ds,000 for an individual. $24,000 for married couples. this takes a lot of people and puts hem in a zero tax bracket. thats where we go from 12%, or fro 10% down to 0%. now splaimp ploo phi it creatin zero tax bracket. 12, 25 and 30%. all leading to more money in peoples pockets. have a ripple effect. think what you can do with extra money? think how that gets pumped into the economy. how that goes throughout the xmunt. thats the kind of thing were trying to do is stimulate our economy. >> c...

Territorial rate. a much more simple and better, you know, its better profit wise for these companies. so those are sort of the basics here. the president has said several times that he would like to raise taxes on the wealthy. when he starts talking about taxes, hell start to ad lib about raising taxes on the wealthy. were told that the tax-writing teams will have the option, potentially, of adding a fourth tax bracket if that becomes something politically -- >> but then he has to get republica...

>> put yourself in steve mnuchins loafers. >> i think theres a couple of arguments. one is he would probably say to say, look, if we can get money back into peoples pockets, theyre going to go and spend it and invest it -- >> except -- andrew, its been proven. >> youre asking me to say something that i dont agree with. >> people in the highest tax bracket, if they have any more money in their pocket, they keep it in their pockets. people who are living close to the vest go out to dinner and buy ...

Together a bill that can pass? >> so, chuck, let me respectfully but strongly disagree here. all reconciliation says no one party can obstruct this process. in fact, not only does it not preclude democrats from working with us on this issue, it really says any democrat whos serious about lowering taxes simplifying the code, bringing our jobs back, we are serious about working with you, and they can make a huge difference. ill tell you, listening to our democrats in the house, we have a number of...