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Between 10,000 and 20,000 have less? >> this is a highly misleading chart because it assumes all of the tax changes set to expire will be allowed to expire. i dont think thats going to happen. most likely lawmakers will reverse those well before they will expire. the other aspect of this likely assumed the individual mandate appeal part of the affordable care act will raise taxious, and it -- >> it will cost 13 million their health care. once their premiums are unaffordable -- >> its because of ...

During yesterdays white house press briefing. heres one explanation he gave. >> those are the kind of things that are being worked out by congress in order to create a bill that under senate and house rules condone law and the non-negotiables for us are both met in both bills. we consider that good news, but the choices that the senate has to make in order to acquire a coalition to make this law are choices that the senate has to make. we dont want to get in front of that process. >> so why shou...

Permanent but the middle class is not. its tax relief for companies and rich people. the premise from the white house and republicans on the hill is if you can really get the economy growing strongly with tax cuts for companies, then that is going to benefit everybody. thats their operating assumption. but the joint community of taxation looked at the tax changes under the senate bill and found by the year 2027 the lowest earning americans will see their taxes rising the most. so in the beginnin...

That has meant that you get tax changes, you get changes in bankruptcy laws, changes in pharmaceuticals, patents, everything else and that adds to the wealth at the top and you get a vicious cycle in which you get -- its getting worse and worse. >> welalth begets policy that then begets wealth. i want to play a statement that gary cohn ahead to john harwood at cnbc about how this new tax change might help. lets listen to this and talk about it on the other side. >> we have not had wage growth in...

Only 300 billion is individual tax cuts, about $100 a person a year over ten years and not -- >> just go over that again. personal taxation, 300 billion. all the rest of it on the business side. >> business or estate tax. there are those rate cuts and get rid of deductions including the personal exemption and people dont think about. $4,000 to take off your tax bill income every year for yourself, $4,000 for your spouse and dependent and some families -- >> exemption is better than a deduction. ...

200 billion is the estate tax repeal. only 300 billion is individual tax cuts, about $100 a person a year over ten years and not -- >> just go over that again. personal taxation, 300 billion. all the rest of it on the business side. >> business or estate tax. there are those rate cuts and get rid of deductions including the personal exemption and people dont think about. $4,000 to take off your tax bill income every year for yourself, $4,000 for your spouse and dependent and some families -- >> ...

Popular tax break and it stays. we have fox team coverage. mike emanuel on capitol hill. but we begin with john roberts at the white house. i think important today for the president to reassure people that rumors of tax changes, 401k plan is important to put those to rest. >> reporter: there are a lot of people, dana, who are involved in making tax policy who say the numbers arent adding up so we have to get money where we can. rather than letting people put $18,000 or soon $18500 a year over th...

Secretary mnuchin are pushing these tax changes. if congress could get off its duff and work an eight-hour day instead of a two-hour day. david: it seems this congress is always on vacation. its kind of easy to say its all congresss fault. on the other hand, you think of how theyve failed time and again to get together, just the republican block alone. >> yeah, no, i think thats a great point and the president, you know, he was criticized for not being focused and all of that sort of stuff when ...

The idea that you can still sell a tax cut by arguing that it will pay for itself, i dont think you can find an economist whos not being paid to say otherwise, who would agree with that. that doesnt mean that there are never any growth effects from tax changes. of course there are. but a tax cut like this is poorly designed in that regard, and it would never come near near close to paying for itself. i suspect that the estimates were seeing so far thats going to add a couple of trillion to the t...

Its not just a positive for the markets. were looking at americans in general and our paychecks, higher wages, more jobs, economic growth. if you want to be re-elected from your constituent, youre a republican, you have to get this done. >> lauren: gary, lets say we dont get meaningful tax changes in 2017. does the market correct itself? >> oh, heck yeah and the market will be looking forward to nancy pelosi speaker of the house in 2018. i dont think the republicans lose the senate. if they lose...