well, i think my efforts paid off and we closed a gap and i was pleased about the result. we will see if it changes wages and hiring, but what we know for sure is even with pass-thoughs, the majority of income goes to the top 1%, so that s who is benefiting from that. whether it benefits for everybody else is a maybe and not a certainty. the top 38% pay 25% of the total tax burden, so if you are going to make your business tax system more competitive, lower the rates, that s going to benefit the people that pay the tax. 1% pay 38% of the income tax and that s where a lot of the tax benefits will go but the economic benefits will go throughout the economy and benefit the middle income americans. let s see what happens in the final bill and the loopholes because that will show you have an interest in having
arab states, particularly saudis, at time when israelis are moving closer to the egyptians, saudis, it injects tension. how bad the reaction would be, how dire the set of circumstances that would result, unclear. the bottom line, though, john, is very clear. you have to identify for any change in policy, why it benefits s united states. on this one, even though i understand 9 logic and rationale on the issue and many american jews and christian evangelical, i don t think that outweighs the po terrible risk. you say jerusalem eternal capital of israel, that doesn t outweigh the politic issues, the losses you endure from moving it to jerusalem. is that correct? yeah, look, be clear. the israelis deserve a capital in west jerusalem. the fact is, probably the only state in which we do not have an embassy in the preferred location of the host government.
as a toilet all the time. that does not make anyone feel better. ellison, jobs, dell. all dropped out of ledge college. silicon vael valley is the cradle of innovation because of drop-outs. college has become a cruel, expensive joke on the poor and the middle class. the it benefits only the perpetrators of it.
which believes as government as a concept, one which believes the government is an important thing. the other that believes the only thing about government is the theater. all government really does is restrict liberty. so whenever barack obama wants to wield his magic sword of liberty, he just restricts liberty, but when they discover government does actual things that people like and need, let s rush to put it back together. i actually think it is deeper than that. when we talk about the shutdown and the tea party and the grand fight, it is not about the fight of government. it is not about the size of government. go look at the growth of government when the republicans controlled most of government. it grew, i guarantee you. okay? it is about what that government does, what it benefits. and what is clarifying about this moment to me in the shutdown is the focus on what that government does. yeah, people are angry, the
theater. all government really does is restrict liberty. so whenever barack obama wants to wield his magic sword of liberty, he just restricts liberty, but when they discover government does actual things that people like and need, let s rush to put it back together. i actually think it is deeper than that. when we talk about the shutdown and the tea party and the grand fight, it is not about the fight of government. it is not about the size of government. go look at the growth of government when the republicans controlled most of government. it grew, i guarantee you. okay? it is about what that government does, what it benefits. and what is clarifying about this moment to me in the shutdown is the focus on what that government does. yeah, people are angry, the memorials are closed.