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Lesson for democrats -- president trump is going to be president for the next three to seven years as far as we know. do you think that theres a lesson there for democrats if they want chip funding, if they want an infrastructure bill, or is that just a bridge too far, this praise? >> nobody should be surprised that the president is getting this praise. but the tax bill has shown money really can buy you love. that kind of love is coming from the republican party to a president who has talked ab...

It will not be felt until after 2018. >> right. >> and that in the short term, because everyones going to -- no ones going to get hit with the tax increase next year. and because their big bet, which is that what weve seen over the last year, which is that the stock market has been up, that gdp growth has been pretty solid, that theyre going to get a big boost in business confidence and although most corporations will sit on their profits, they will put enough money back into the economy that th...

A big boost in business confidence and although most corporations will sit on their profits, they will put enough money back into the economy that theyll be able to point next summer and into next fall, theyll say we had robust growth, jobs are growing, we got a low-income growth here and the market is still soaring. theyll be able to create a kind of gishtult of this is kind of working in some broad sense and will not, the negative aspects of the middle class and the working poor, will not be f...

Market is still soaring. theyll be able to create a kind of gishtult of this is kind of working in some broad sense and will not, the negative aspects of the middle class and the working poor, will not be felt until after the midterms and all theyre focused on right now is the midterms. theyre not focused on the out years. theyre looking at next year. >> kimberly, one last reminder, midterms are going to happen with the specter of investigation overhead. >> yeah. i mean, look, 2018 is not going ...

Rubio rode stampede over colleagues to get more money back for the working poor essentially for blue collar households to get larger rebates based on their child tax credits. but for the others it relates to things outside the legislation. i want this on daca, i want this on that. when what jeff flake was alluding to said it would be a busy february, were coming right into the teeth of this fiscal cliff at the end of this week. you have to deal with that and what is being discussed now is essent...

Better for the middle class? i do. do i think they could have done better for the working poor? i mean, rubio tried to get something. he made some progress. but they could have increased the rates for big business. it wouldnt have mattered. >> it just shocks me still that tre very conservatives i helped get elected in 2010. the fiscal hawks who came to washington to say well not spend one dime more than the american people can afford have just signed off on a tax increase on those very same amer...

Hopefully, for investment. small businesses are given a break, something i did in ohio, which is why were up about 500,000 jobs here in the state since ive been governor. look, do i think they could have done better for the middle class? i do. do i think they could have done better for the working poor? i mean, rubio tried to get something. he made some progress. but they could have, you know, increased the rates a little bit for big business. it wouldnt have mattered a little bit, and given mor...

In the agricultural industry. the other thing that will happen as this will accelerate the push towards automation. if you have a $15 an hour minimum wage in california, companies will invest an odd omission significantly to cut down in labor costs. all of this forgets one huge thing. this is california. there always has some ulterior motive. this has very little to do with the working poor and everything to do with californias very powerful government labor unions. what people dont understand i...

Particularly for corporations, for pass-through entities, end up performing the way that republicans are saying, because if they do, i think republicans will be able to count this as a win, but we just dont know until these go into effect exactly how its going to shape the economy. >> right. will these corporations actually reinvest back into the economy, now that theyre getting these huge tax cuts? i want to read what kasich just said verbatim, because dana, he says, "look, do i think they coul...

John kasich had something to say on "meet the press" earlier today, not necessarily on board with everything. lets listen. >> look, do i think they could have done better for the middle class? i do. do i think they could have done better for the working poor? i mean, rubio tried to get something. he made some progress. but they could have, you know, increased the rates a little bit for big business. it wouldnt have mattered. >> sarah, your reaction to that? >> well, first of all, i think john ka...